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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of research population

From: Medically unexplained physical symptoms and work functioning over 2 years: their association and the influence of depressive and anxiety disorders and job characteristics

 

Baseline (T0)

Two year follow up (T1)

(n = 1665)

(n = 1455)

Socio-demographics

Females, number (%)

1074 (64.5)

941 (64.7)

Age in years, mean (SD)

40.8 (11.7)

40.1 (11.4)

Level of education, number (%)

 Basic

68 (4.1)

56 (3.8)

 Intermediate

886 (53.2)

749 (51.5)

 High

711 (42.7)

650 (44.7)

Number of chronic diseases, median (IQR)

0.00 (0.00–1.00)

0.00 (0.00–1.00)

Married or with partner, number (%)

1223 (73.5)

1047 (72.0)

Medically unexplained physical symptoms

Total score (0–32), median (IQR)

8.00 (4.00–13.00)

6.00 (3.00–10.00)

Somatisation (cut-off 11 points) (%)

621 (37.3)

322 (22.1)

Work functioning

Absenteeism, number (%)

 No absenteeism

786 (47.2)

804 (55.3)

 Short term absenteeism (<2 weeks)

508 (30.5)

467 (32.1)

 Long term absenteeism (≥2 weeks)

371 (22.3)

184 (12.6)

Disability (0–20), mean (SD)

8.5 (4.5)

7.1 (3.7)

Job characteristics, median (IQR)

 Working hours

32.00 (24.00–38.00)

-

 Job demands

0.40 (0.20–0.80)

-

 Job control

0.79 (0.61–0.93)

-

 Job support

0.75 (0.50–1.00)

-

Psychiatric comorbidity (number, %)

 Depressive disorder

572 (34.4)

285 (19.6)

 Anxiety disorder

653 (39.2)

333 (22.9)

  1. Means with standard deviations are given for normally distributed continuous variables, medians and inter-quartile ranges for skewed continuous variables and frequencies with percentages for dichotomous and categorical variables. SD standard deviation. IQR interquartile range