Table 1 Patient characteristics
Regular outpatients N = 86 | Return to work N = 270 | Significance testing Chi-square (sig.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Socio-demographics | ||||
Age (years) | 18–29 | 38 (44.2 %) | 53 (19.6 %) | 23.065 (0.000)*** |
30–39 | 31 (36.0 %) | 119 (44.1 %) | ||
40–49 | 7 (8.1 %) | 57 (21.1 %) | ||
50– | 10 (11.6 %) | 41 (15.2 %) | ||
Gender | Men | 36 (41.9 %) | 83 (30.7 %) | 3.624 (0.057) |
Women | 50 (58.1 %) | 187 (69.3 %) | ||
Marital status | Living alone | 58 (69.0 %) | 136 (50.6 %) | 8.841 (0.003)** |
Living with partner | 26 (31.0 %) | 133 (49.4 %) | ||
Children | Yes | 13 (15.3 %) | 86 (32.0 %) | 8.916 (0.003)** |
Education | Comprehensive school (1–9 years) | 6 (7.0 %) | 15 (5.6 %) | 2.354 (0.502) |
Secondary/vocational school (10–12 years) | 27 (31.4 %) | 80 (29.7 %) | ||
College degree (13–16 years) | 43 (50.0 %) | 124 (46.1 %) | ||
Higher university degree (>16 years) | 10 (11.6 %) | 50 (18.6 %) | ||
Income in NOK | Under 200,000 | 49 (57.0 %) | 32 (12.2 %) | 76.124 (0.000)*** |
200,000–299,000 | 13 (15.1 %) | 45 (17.2 %) | ||
300,000–399,000 | 13 (15.1 %) | 80 (30.5 %) | ||
400,000 and over | 11 (12.8 %) | 105 (40.1 %) | ||
Work participation | Fully working | 13 (15.1 %) | 123 (45.6 %) | 25.599 (0.000)*** |
Partially working | 5 (5.8 %) | 55 (20.4 %) | 9.862 (0.002)** | |
Full sick-leave | 14 (16.3 %) | 73 (27.0 %) | 4.088 (0.043)* | |
No participation in the labour market | 32 (37.2 %) | 9 (3.3 %) | 73.452 (0.000)*** | |
School/studies | 21 (24.4 %) | 9 (3.3 %) | 37.578 (0.000)*** | |
Other | 1 (1.2 %) | 1 (0.4 %) | 0.733 (0.392) | |
Use of health care services | ||||
Visits to a GP in the past 12 months | None | 2 (2.3 %) | 2 (0.7 %) | 13.241 (0.004)** |
1–2 | 22 (25.6 %) | 35 (13.1 %) | ||
3–4 | 24 (27.9 %) | 58 (21.7 %) | ||
5+ | 38 (44.2 %) | 172 (64.4 %) | ||
Visits to hospital (outpatient/inpatient) in the past 3 years | None | 41 (47.7 %) | 160 (59.7 %) | 6.624 (0.085) |
1–2 | 29 (33.7 %) | 80 (29.9 %) | ||
3–4 | 12 (14.0 %) | 17 (6.3 %) | ||
5+ | 4 (4.7 %) | 11 (4.1 %) | ||
History of psychiatric treatment | Yes | 50 (58.1 %) | 134 (49.8 %) | 1.809 (0.179) |
Outpatient clinic, <18 years | 9 (10.5 %) | 11 (4.1 %) | 4.983 (0.026)* | |
Outpatient clinic, >18 years | 23 (26.7 %) | 44 (16.4 %) | 4.592 (0.032)* | |
Private practice | 16 (18.6 %) | 78 (29.0 %) | 3.615 (0.057) | |
Hospitalization | 12 (14.0 %) | 6 (2.2 %) | 18.606 (0.000)*** | |
Other | 2 (2.3 %) | 12 (4.5 %) | 0.784 (0.376) | |
Present medication (for psychiatric problems) | Yes | 40 (48.2 %) | 87 (33.0 %) | 6.319 (0.012)* |
Antipsychotics | 10 (12.0 %) | 2 (0.8 %) | 24.111 (0.000)*** | |
Antidepressants | 25 (30.1 %) | 64 (24.2 %) | 1.144 (0.285) | |
Anxiolytics | 13 (15.7 %) | 11 (4.2 %) | 12.963 (0.000)*** | |
Sleeping pills | 11 (13.3 %) | 23 (8.7 %) | 1.473 (0.225) | |
Other | 7 (8.4 %) | 5 (1.9 %) | 8.089 (0.004)** | |