Table 4 Associations of severe MUPS and psychiatric morbidity with attribution of physical symptoms by employees and OHPs
| Â | Â | PHQ 15+ | PHQ 15+ |
|---|---|---|---|
Study population* | Â | n = 69 | n = 365 |
Without a depressive or anxiety disorder | = 0 | n = 13 | n = 260 |
With 1 depressive or 1 anxiety disorder | = 1 | n = 24 | n = 74 |
With 2 or 3 mental disorders | = 2-3 | n = 32 | n = 31 |
Attribution employee to (%): | Â | Â | Â |
Physical causes | 0 | 23.1 | 10.5 |
| Â | 1 | 8.3 | 24.3 |
| Â | 2-3 | 40.6 | 35.5 |
Mental causes | 0 | 46.2 | 64.0 |
| Â | 1 | 50.0 | 35.1 |
| Â | 2-3 | 9.4 | 19.4 |
Both causes | 0 | 23.1 | 19.0 |
| Â | 1 | 37.5 | 32.4 |
| Â | 2-3 | 50.0 | 41.9 |
Physiological causes | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| Â | 1 | 4.2 | 6.8 |
| Â | 2-3 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
Employee does not know | 0 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Â | 1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Â | 2-3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
OHP attribution of symptoms completely/partly to (%): | Â | Â | |
Somatic causes | 0 | 46.2/30.8 | 59.0/16.3 |
| Â | 1 | 37.5/29.2 | 23.3/34.2 |
| Â | 2-3 | 6.7/20.0 | 16.1/25.8 |
Psychiatric causes | 0 | 23.1/15.4 | 4.8/9.6 |
| Â | 1 | 16.7/25.0 | 19.2/24.7 |
| Â | 2-3 | 33.0/33.0 | 25.8/38.7 |
Distress | 0 | 38.5/30.8 | 20.7/16.3 |
| Â | 1 | 12.5/29.2 | 28.8/46.6 |
| Â | 2-3 | 55.2/20.7 | 41.9/25.8 |
Health anxiety | 0 | 15.4/23.1 | 1.2/15.5 |
| Â | 1 | 4.2/20.8 | 8.2/13.7 |
| Â | 2-3 | 6.7/46.7 | 3.2/38.7 |
Somatisation | 0 | 0.0/38.5 | 4.8/18.7 |
| Â | 1 | 8.3/25.0 | 8.2/27.4 |
| Â | 2-3 | 6.7/30.0 | 9.7/35.5 |