Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2024 Jan 4:14:1232148.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1232148. eCollection 2023.

Work-related participation impairments and support needs of patients in a Swiss psychiatric university hospital

Niki Hug  1 , Lukas Imfeld  1 , Benjamin Holinger  1 , Dorothea Jäckel  2 , Christian G Huber  1 , André Nienaber  1   3
Affiliations

Work-related participation impairments and support needs of patients in a Swiss psychiatric university hospital

Niki Hug et al. Front Psychiatry. .

Abstract

Objective: To assess work-related participation impairments and support needs of adult patients in inpatient and day-care treatment at a Swiss psychiatric university hospital.

Methodology: Cross-sectional survey on a department-dependent cut-off date in May and June 2022 using a standardized structured interview.

Results: Data were available for 93 patients (response rate 59%), of which 51% (n = 47) stated that they had a job or training place. Patients in first hospitalization and with a job or training place were approached significantly more often. Regardless of age and first hospitalization, 76% of the patients expressed a need for support, of which 92% expressed interest in job coaching. A total of 54% of the patients stated that they had received support from the treatment team.

Conclusion: From the patients' point of view, work and education were not addressed by the treatment team across the board and independently of patient characteristics. The need for support was insufficiently met. There is a considerable interest for support programs through job coaching, and this offers opportunities to promote the inclusion of patients in the regular labor market.

Keywords: inpatient psychiatric treatment; job coaching; psychiatric disorder; return to work; work-related participation.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Support needs, thematisation of work-related participation, coverage of concrete help and interest in job coaching grouped by ICD-10 diagnoses (in%).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Holinger B, Schoppmann S. Die Bedeutung von Arbeit für die persönliche recovery von psychisch schwer erkrankten Menschen. Schweiz Z Psychiatr Neurol. (2021) 11:8–11.
    1. Riedel-Heller S, Stengler K, Seidler A. Psychische Gesundheit und Arbeit. Psychiatr Prax. (2012) 39:103–5. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1304894 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Schuler D, Tuch A, Peter C. Psychische Gesundheit in der Schweiz. (2020). Available at:https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/15084053/master
    1. Stöbel-Richter Y, Brähler E, Zenger M. Arbeitslosigkeit, psychische Belastung und körperliche Beschwerden – Ergebnisse einer Repräsentativerhebung. Das Gesundheit. (2011) 73:1283650. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1283650 - DOI
    1. Weber A, Hörmann G, Heipertz W. Arbeitslosigkeit und Gesundheit aus sozialmedizinischer Sicht. Dtsch Arztebl. (2007) 104:2957–62. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2008.0127a - DOI