Working awareness of people with work experience:

Targeting day-care users with schizophrenia

Abstract

Purpose:This study aims to clarify working awareness of people with work experience. Methods:A semi-structured interview was conducted on 12 people with schizophrenia with memory and experience working, followed by a qualitative descriptive analysis. Results and Conclusions:Participants experienced various anxieties about their employment and required some assistance. In addition, the following categories of were obtained from those with working experience:[Positive emotions due to work experience], [Negative emotions due to work experience], and [Awareness from work experience]. Work experience may have the following positive effects on working:the improvement of self-efficacy and working abilities, empowerment in problem-solving, and prevention of mismatches by an appropriate objective evaluation of the workers' strengths.