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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the intervention group (n = 74)

From: Return to work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick-leave for burnout - a prospective controlled study

Characteristic

n(%)

mean (SD)

Diagnoses

  

   Exhaustion disorder onlya

28 (38)

..

   Exhaustion disorder + depression or anxietyb

36 (49)

..

   Exhaustion disorder + somatic disease

2 (3)

..

   No exhaustion disorder

8 (11)

..

Treatment

  

   Medication

 

..

Antidepressants

19 (26)

..

Anxiolytics or sleeping pills

9(12)

..

Medication for somatic disordersc

21 (28)

..

No medication

35 (47)

..

   Psychotherapy

41 (56)

..

   Physiotherapy

8 (11)

 

   No treatment at all

21 (28)

..

MBI-GS

..

 

   Exhaustion score

 

4.6 (1.2)

   Cynicism score

 

2.7 (1.4)

   Professional efficacy score

 

4.4 (1.1)

SCL-90 subscales

  

   Anxiety

..

1.7 (0.8)

   Somatisation

..

1.3 (0.8)

   Depression

..

2.0 (0.9)

BDI classification

..

19.3 (9.1)

   Severe depression

10 (14)

..

   Moderate depression

36 (49)

..

   Slight depression

16 (22)

..

   Minimal depression

12 (16)

..

  1. aAccording to criteria for "exhaustion disorder" (F43.8A) suggested by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare[12]bPsychiatric diagnoses according to interview with Prime-MD = Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders[11]cMostly antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic, and antidiabetic drugs, beta blockers, vitamin or mineral supplements, or weight control drugs.
  2. MBI-GS = Maslach Burnout Inventory--General Survey[13]. SCL-90 = Symptom Checklist 90[16] BDI = Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)[17]
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