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Table 2 Outcome measures. Changes between pre- and post-treatment in work participation, expectations of future work ability, workability, generalized self-efficacy and symptomsa

From: Predictors of return to work among patients in treatment for common mental disorders: a pre-post study

 

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

Significance testing

 

N (%)

N (%)

t-value

Sig.

Work participation

   

0.001b

 Fully working

70 (43)

94 (57)

  

 Partially working

40 (24)

29 (18)

  

 Not working

54 (33)

41 (25)

  

Expectations about future work ability

(2 yr. from now)

   

0.004b

 Yes, definitely

58 (48)

77 (64)

  

 Yes, to some degree

40 (33)

30 (25)

  

 No, not really

21 (17)

10 (8)

  

 No, absolutely not

2 (2)

4 (3)

  
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

  

Work ability

4.7 (2.7)

6.8 (2.6)

−8.76

<0.001

Generalized self-efficacy

2.6 (0.5)

2.8 (0.5)

−5.96

<0.001

CORE-OM Total

16.5 (5.4)

10.7 (5.5)

14.02

<0.001

CORE-OM Anxiety

19.3 (8.3)

11.6 (7.9)

11.38

<0.001

CORE-OM Depression

22.5 (8.9)

13.4 (8.4)

12.87

<0.001

  1. aN varies between 121 and 164 due to missing cases
  2. bMarginal homogeneity test, asymptotic sig. (2-sided)