Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• Psychological problems (ICPC chapter P)

• Symptoms of general exhaustion and burn-out (A01, A04)

• Muscoloskeletal pain (ICPC chapter L)

Following ICPC-diagnoses were excluded:

• Psychological problems: P70–73, P77, P80, P98.

• Muscoloskeletal pain: L70, L71, L72–L76, L77–L79, L80–82

• Additional causes for exclusion: Self employed, pregnancy, graded sick leave of less than 50%, those awaiting for elective ortophedic surgery, those becoming 66 or more in the present year, foreign born persons in need of interpreter to communicate