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Table 3 Changes at work in a 7-year follow-up of patients with exhaustion disorder

From: Self-reported changes in work situation – a cross-sectional study of patients 7 years after treatment for stress-related exhaustion

 

Change of workplace n (%)

p

Change of work tasks n (%)

p

Reduced working hours n (%)

p

yes

no

yes

no

yes

No

Sex

  

0.32

  

0.03b

  

0.001

 women

64 (45%)

79 (55%)

 

52 (37%)

89 (63%)

 

33 (31%)

75 (69%)

 

 men

27 (53%)

24 (47%)

 

28 (55%)

23 (45%)

 

2 (4%)

45 (96%)

 

Age

  

0.73

  

0.85

  

0.68

  < 40 years

10 (44%)

13 (56%)

 

10 (44%)

13 (56%)

 

4 (19%)

17 (81%)

 

  ≥ 40 years

81 (47%)

90 (53%)

 

70 (41%)

99 (59%)

 

31 (23%)

103 (77%)

 

Marital statusa

  

0.62

  

0.06

  

0.42

 married/living together

66 (46%)

78 (54%)

 

54 (38%)

89 (62%)

 

29 (24%)

91 (76%)

 

 single/other

24 (50%)

24 (50%)

 

25 (53%)

22 (47%)

 

6 (18%)

28 (82%)

 

Educationa

  

0.83

  

0.56

  

0.95

 lower

27 (46%)

32 (54%)

 

26 (45%)

32 (55%)

 

10 (22%)

35 (78%)

 

 higher

64 (47%)

71 (53%)

 

54 (40%)

80 (60%)

 

25 (23%)

85 (77%)

 

Comorbidity

SMBQr

  

0.32

  

0.14

  

0.36

   < 4.39

72 (51%)

68 (49%)

 

58 (42%)

81 (58%)

 

25 (21%)

96 (79%)

 

   ≥ 4.40

17 (43%)

23 (57%)

 

22 (55%)

18 (45%)

 

7 (29%)

17 (71%)

 
  1. Analyses for each group (change of workplace and change of work tasks) were performed to explore whether there were any significant differences between the groups in terms of sex, age, marital status, level of education, and symptoms of exhaustion disorder. Pearson’s chi-square was used for all tests, and p < 0.05 was considered to be significant
  2. SMBQ Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire Rasch score
  3. aBaseline data
  4. bAfter the Holm-Bonferroni correction the difference between men and women was no longer significant