Skip to main content

Table 2 Impact of intervention on employment

From: Is employment-focused case management effective for patients with substance use disorders? Results from a controlled multi-site trial in Germany covering a 2-years-period after inpatient rehabilitation

 

12 months after discharge

  

24 months after discharge

  

Intervention

Control

  

Intervention

Control

  

n

%

n

%

RRa

(95 % CI)

n b

%

n

%

RRa

(95 % CI)

Competitive employment

38

27.7

36

30.0

0.90

(0.49;1.63)

32

35.6

35

41.2

0.92

(0.47;1.79)

Publicly funded employment

25

18.2

26

21.7

0.81

(0.42;1.57)

11

12.2

10

11.8

0.94

(0.36;2.45)

Unemployment

73

53.7

58

48.3

1.16

(0.70;1.94)

47

52.2

40

47.1

1.13

(0.60;2.13)

  1. aadjusted for centre, age, level of education and length of unemployment (at the beginning of the rehabilitation)
  2. bparticipants retired (n = 2) and imprisoned participants (n = 2) are not included