Table 5 Areas/questions of importance in relation to the patient’s everyday life, as described by physicians, for work capacity assessments of patients with common mental disorders, (category 4)
Factors and support/stressors in private life: | |
– | family situation (single, married, divorced, children) |
– | relatives in need of support (sick, old-aged) |
– | anyone else in the family sick-listed or unemployed |
– | support or not from husband/wife, relatives, others |
– | financial issues |
– | childhood and adolescence |
Capacity to plan and manage home duties: | |
– | taking care of family and children |
– | shopping, cleaning, cooking, paying bills |
– | reading and understanding newspapers, keeping up with news |
– | watching and understanding television programmes |
– | driving a car |
Capacity to plan and carry out activities outside the home: | |
– | exercising |
– | hobbies |
– | socializing with friends |