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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2025

Health, Disability, and Economic Inactivity Following a Diagnosis of a Severe Mental Illness: Cohort Study of Electronic Health Records Linked at the Individual-Level, to Census from England.

L Cybulski, M E Dewey, R Hildersley, C Morgan, R Stewart, M Wuerth, J Das-Munshi

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L CybulskiDepartment of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
M E DeweyHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
R HildersleyDepartment of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
C MorganHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
R StewartDepartment of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
M WuerthDepartment of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
J Das-MunshiDepartment of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3913-6859

Funding

A COMPREHENSIVE CONSIDERATION OF SOURCE MEMORYF32MH012567 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MARSH, ELIZABETH J · 2000 to 2002
$110k
DATAMIND HDR UK Mental Health Data Hub MR/W014386Department of Health and Social CareEconomic and Social Research Council ES/S002715/1ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health at King's College London ES/S012567/1ESRC managed by King's College LondonKing's College Hospital NHS FoundationMaudsley Biomedical Research CentreNational Institute for Health and Care ResearchNational Statistics Secure Research ServiceNIHR Applied Research Collaboration South LondonPopulation Health Improvement UKPopulation Mental Health Consortium MR/Y030788/1South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College LondonUK devolved administrations, and leading health research charitiesUK Prevention Research Partnership MR-VO49879/1UK Research and Innovation Councils
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Abstract

backgroundThe association of social and clinical indicators with employment, disability, and health outcomes among individuals with severe mental illnesses (SMI) remains unclear. Existing evidence primarily comes from smaller cohort studies limited by shorter follow-up and high attrition, or registry-based research, which lacks information on important social determinants. STUDY

designWe utilized a novel data linkage consisting of clinical records of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum or bipolar disorders from the South London and Maudsley Mental Health Trust, linked at the individual-level to the 2011 UK Census, a rich source for sociodemographic information. Using logistic regression, we estimated adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals to determine associations between socioeconomic and clinical indicators and economic inactivity, self-rated health, and disability outcomes.

resultsThe sample comprised 8249 people with SMI diagnoses. Economic inactivity (77.3%), disability (68.3%) and poor health (61.1%) were highly prevalent. Longer duration of illness and comorbid substance misuse were associated with economic inactivity, poorer self-rated health, and disability, with associations noted between living alone and all outcomes (aORs and 95% CI: Economic inactivity: 1.72, 1.45-2.03; disability: 1.48, 1.31-1.68; poor health: 1.32, 1.18-1.49). Relative to the White British group, Black African, South Asian, and Other Black groups were more likely to be economically inactive. Black Caribbean and other groups were less likely to report poorer self-rated health or disability.

conclusionsOur findings highlight considerable disability, poorer health, and economic inactivity experienced by people with SMI. Addressing comorbid substance misuse and social isolation could play a role in improving outcomes.

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Bipolar DisorderElectronic Health RecordsEmploymentHealth StatusPersons with DisabilitiesSchizophreniaSubstance-Related DisordersUnemploymentAdolescentAdultAgedCensusesCohort StudiesComorbidityEnglandFemalebipolar affective disorderscensus linkagedisabilityschizophreniaself-rated healthunemployment

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PMCPMC12414549

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