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. 2018 Oct 1;20(10):e10455. doi: 10.2196/10455

Table 4.

Overview of total costs during the 3-month follow-up for the complaint-directed mini-intervention (CDMI) and control groupsa.

Cost type CDMI group (n=97) Control group (n=140)
Mean cost (€) 95% CI Mean cost (€) 95% CI
Intervention costs 4 0
Health care costs

General practitioner visits 111 89

General practitioner support 8 5

Social worker 10 21

Psychologist 84 84

Physiotherapist 52 55

Psychiatry 91 75

Other visitsb 40 68

Medication 151 224

Total health care costsc 519 428-611 600 458-741
Patient and family costs

Home care 3 39

Special home careb 19 1

Informal care 100 83

Total patient and family costsc 114 77-151 126 38-214
Productivity losses

Absenteeism paid work 943 911

Presenteeism paid work 560 625

Total production lossesc 1461 1087-1835 1504 984-2024
Total costs after 3 monthsc 2094 1692-2496 2230 1679-2979

aIndexed for the year 2016.

bIncludes alternative healing and self-support groups.

cTotals and subtotals based on multiple imputation estimates (CDMI group: n=165; control group: n=164).