Table 4

Study findings and quality appraisal

Study author, year	Intervention	Work outcomes	Population	Key findings	Direction of support	Quality
Killacky, 200832 40	Tailored supported employment	Competitive employment Employed in any job Income Hours worked	Mental health	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment Treatment group reported significantly greater income Treatment group reported significantly greater hours worked	+ + + +	H
Burke-Miller et al, 201233	Tailored supported employment	Employed in any job Competitive employment	Mental health	Young adult treatment group more likely to report working in any job (ns) Young adult treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment	+ +	H
Ferguson, 201234	Tailored supported employment	Employed in any job Hours worked Income	Mental health	Treatment group significantly more likely to report employment in any job No difference between treatment and control group in hours worked No difference between treatment and control group in hours worked	+ / /	M
Fraker et al, 201841	Youth transition demonstration enhanced employment services	Employment in any job Income	Any disability*	Treatment group significantly more likely to report employment in any job Treatment group reported significantly greater income	+ +	M
Major et al, 201035	Tailored supported employment	Competitive employment	Mental health	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment	+	M
McGahey et al, 201436	Tailored supported employment+self-disclosure Planning +	Competitive employment	Mental health	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment	+	M
Wehman et al, 201738	Tailored supported employment+autism spectrum disorder specific intervention	Competitive employment	Intellectual and learning disability	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment	+	H
Wehman et al, 201437	Tailored supported employment	Competitive employment	Intellectual and learning disability	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment	+	M
Smith et al, 201542	Technology-based job interview training	Competitive employment	Intellectual and learning disability	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment	+	M
Yamaguchi et al, 201631	Tailored supported employment+cognitive remediation	Competitive employment Job tenure	Mental health	Treatment group significantly more likely to report competitive employment Treatment group significantly more likely to report longer job tenure	+ +	M

*Any disability includes those living with mental health, intellectual/learning, physical and/or speech/hearing/visual disability.
+, positive effect; /, no effect, H, high quality; M, medium quality; ns, not statistically significant.