Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study
Abstract Background Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based, effective approach to help people with severe mental illness (SMI) obtain and maintain competitive employment. The aim of the present study was to examine employment outcomes and associations with an organizational and...
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| author | Miljana Vukadin Frederieke G. Schaafsma Harry W. C. Michon Bart Cillekens Peter M. van de Ven Trees Juurlink Johannes R. Anema |
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| description | Abstract Background Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based, effective approach to help people with severe mental illness (SMI) obtain and maintain competitive employment. The aim of the present study was to examine employment outcomes and associations with an organizational and a financial factor in people with SMI who participated in Individual Placement and Support using a multifaceted implementation strategy (IPS + MIS). The goal of this strategy was to improve IPS implementation by enhancing collaboration among mental health care and vocational rehabilitation stakeholders, and realizing secured IPS funding. Methods An observational cohort study including 103 participants was conducted, with a 30-month follow-up. Descriptive analyses were used to examine employment outcomes. Multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses were performed to study associations with an organizational and a financial factor: the level of experience of mental health agencies with providing IPS + MIS and the type of IPS funding (i.e. municipality funding (reference group) and the Dutch Social Security Institute: the Institute for Employee Benefits Schemes (UWV) funding). Results Forty-six percent of the participants were competitively employed at any time during the 30-month follow-up; the median number of days until competitive job obtainment and in competitive jobs was 201 and 265, respectively. The majority of all jobs obtained (81%) were categorized as ‘elementary occupations’, ‘clerical support workers’, and ‘service and sales workers’. A higher level of experience of the mental health agencies with providing IPS + MIS was found to be positively associated with job obtainment (OR = 3.83, 95% CI 1.42–10.30, p = 0.01) and the number of days worked in competitive jobs (B = 1.21, 95% CI 0.36–2.07, p = 0.01). UWV funding was found to be negatively associated with job obtainment (OR = 0.30, 95% CI 0.11–0.77, p = 0.01). No association was found for the type of IPS funding and the number of days worked in competitive jobs (B = -0.73, 95% CI -1.48–0.02, p = 0.06). Conclusions This study shows that almost half of the people who participate in IPS + MIS obtain a competitive job within 30 months. The results further suggest that both the level of experience of mental health agencies with providing IPS + MIS, and funding may play a role in employment outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54bbf583b37847a7a201f03508f7b0102022-12-22T03:01:17ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2022-07-0122111010.1186/s12888-022-04121-9Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational studyMiljana Vukadin0Frederieke G. Schaafsma1Harry W. C. Michon2Bart Cillekens3Peter M. van de Ven4Trees Juurlink5Johannes R. Anema6Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteTrimbos Institute, The Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and AddictionDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteDepartment of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteAbstract Background Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based, effective approach to help people with severe mental illness (SMI) obtain and maintain competitive employment. The aim of the present study was to examine employment outcomes and associations with an organizational and a financial factor in people with SMI who participated in Individual Placement and Support using a multifaceted implementation strategy (IPS + MIS). The goal of this strategy was to improve IPS implementation by enhancing collaboration among mental health care and vocational rehabilitation stakeholders, and realizing secured IPS funding. Methods An observational cohort study including 103 participants was conducted, with a 30-month follow-up. Descriptive analyses were used to examine employment outcomes. Multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses were performed to study associations with an organizational and a financial factor: the level of experience of mental health agencies with providing IPS + MIS and the type of IPS funding (i.e. municipality funding (reference group) and the Dutch Social Security Institute: the Institute for Employee Benefits Schemes (UWV) funding). Results Forty-six percent of the participants were competitively employed at any time during the 30-month follow-up; the median number of days until competitive job obtainment and in competitive jobs was 201 and 265, respectively. The majority of all jobs obtained (81%) were categorized as ‘elementary occupations’, ‘clerical support workers’, and ‘service and sales workers’. A higher level of experience of the mental health agencies with providing IPS + MIS was found to be positively associated with job obtainment (OR = 3.83, 95% CI 1.42–10.30, p = 0.01) and the number of days worked in competitive jobs (B = 1.21, 95% CI 0.36–2.07, p = 0.01). UWV funding was found to be negatively associated with job obtainment (OR = 0.30, 95% CI 0.11–0.77, p = 0.01). No association was found for the type of IPS funding and the number of days worked in competitive jobs (B = -0.73, 95% CI -1.48–0.02, p = 0.06). Conclusions This study shows that almost half of the people who participate in IPS + MIS obtain a competitive job within 30 months. The results further suggest that both the level of experience of mental health agencies with providing IPS + MIS, and funding may play a role in employment outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04121-9Severe mental illnessSupported employmentImplementationEmployment outcomes |
| spellingShingle | Miljana Vukadin Frederieke G. Schaafsma Harry W. C. Michon Bart Cillekens Peter M. van de Ven Trees Juurlink Johannes R. Anema Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study BMC Psychiatry Severe mental illness Supported employment Implementation Employment outcomes |
| title | Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study |
| title_full | Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study |
| title_short | Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study |
| title_sort | evaluation of an implementation strategy for individual placement and support in the netherlands a 30 month observational study |
| topic | Severe mental illness Supported employment Implementation Employment outcomes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04121-9 |
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