Table 2.
Employment and education outcomes in SE studies with early psychosis clients
| Primary author | Year of publication | N | % Competitively employed during follow-up | Estimated increase from baseline (employment) | % Education enrolments during follow-up | Estimated increase from baseline (education) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-post evaluations without comparison groups | ||||||
| Rinaldi | 2004 | 40 | 28% | 18% | 33% | 0% |
| Rinaldi | 2010b | 142 | 44% | 31% | 28% | 3% |
| Porteous | 2007 | 100 | Cohort 1: 36% | 36% | 13% | 13% |
| Porteous | 2009 | 125 | Cohort 2: 59% | 59% | 16% | 16% |
| 135 | 47% | 47% | 21% | 21% | ||
| Quasi-experimental evaluation | ||||||
| Major | 2009 | SE: 44 Ctl:70 | SE: 36% Ctl: 19% | SE: 23% Ctl: 5% | SE: 20% Ctl: 24% | SE: 6% Control: 7% |
| Randomised controlled trials | ||||||
| Killackey | 2008 | SE: 20 Ctl: 21 | SE: 65% Ctl: 10% | SE: 60% Ctl: 0% | SE: 35% Ctl: 24% | SE: 35% Ctl: 24% |
| Killackey | 2012 | SE: 67 Ctl: 59 | SE: 72% Ctl: 48% | SE: 50% Ctl: 37% | SE: 54% Ctl: 41% | SE: 38% Ctl: 22% |
| Nuechterlein | submitted | SE: 36 Ctl: 15 | SE: 69% Ctl: 33% | SE: 45% Ctl: 16% | SE: 67% Ctl: 53% | SE: 41% Ctl: 44% |
| Total (all studies) | SE | 709 | 49% | 41% | 27% | 11% |
| Ctl | 165 | 29% | 17% | 33% | 15% | |
| Effect size | 0.41 | 0.54 | −0.13 | −0.12 | ||
| χ2 (1) = 21.6, p < 0.0001 | χ2 (1) = 2.3, n.s. | |||||
SE, supported employment; Ctl, control group.