Table 7. Relationship between symptoms given as reason for consultation compared to having a mental or musculoskeletal sick leave diagnosis for patients perceiving high work-related stress (N = 102).

Symptoms1		Total	Mental diagnosis			Musculoskeletal diagnosis
		n2	Yes	No	p-value3	Yes	No	p-value4
Total		102	28	74		6	96
Mental symptoms5	Yes	60	24	36	0.001	3	57	0.688
	No	42	4	38		3	39
Musculoskeletal symptoms6	Yes	34	9	25	0.875	2	32	1.000
	No	68	19	49		4	64
Sleep disturbance	Yes	37	16	21	0.007	5	32	0.023
	No	65	12	53		1	64
Fatigue	Yes	41	21	20	< 0.001	4	37	0.216
	No	61	7	54		2	59
Gastrointestinal symptoms	Yes	20	5	15	0.784	1	19	1.000
	No	82	23	59		5	77
Cardiovascular symptoms	Yes	11	3	8	1.0004	1	10	0.505
	No	91	25	66		5	86
Other symptoms	Yes	23	4	19	0.219	2	21	0.615
	No	79	24	55		4	75

¹ Selecting multiple symptoms was optional

² Number of patients perceiving stressors or stress within at least two of the four dimensions included in the Work Stress Questionnaire.

³ Pearson chi-squared test for patients having high compared to low work-related stress

⁴ Fisher’s exact test was used instead of Pearson chi-squared test to calculate the p-value, since the expected cell frequency was less than 5 in more than 20% of the cells in the contingency table.

⁵ Stress, anxiety, depression and other mental symptoms

⁶ Neck, shoulder and other musculoskeletal symptoms