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P S Gopinath1, S K Chaturvedi, T Murali
1Associate professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore-560 029.
Abstract:
Performance of 129 schizophrenics attending the Occupational Therapy Ce'ntre at NIMHANS, Bangalore as day boarders has been assessed on a 5 point scale, and by Griffiths Work behaviour assessment scale and correlated with various demographic and clinical characteristics.Those unemployed earlier had significantly (P < .005) poorer work performance. Poor social support (P < .05) and presence of residual symptoms (P < .001) were also significantly related to poor work performance. Other demographic characteristics, sub-type of schizophrenia, duration of illness and age of onset of illness did not influence work performance significantly. The implication of these findings in rehabilitation of schizophrenics are discussed.
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