Table 3.
Visits to care providers among WSQ intervention group and controls reporting high stressa
| Before inclusion (< 12 months) | Follow-up (≥12 months) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSQ-IG % (n = 84b) |
Control % (n = 92b) |
p-value | WSQ-IG % (n = 87b) |
Control % (n = 97b) |
p-value | |
| Visits to | ||||||
| Physician | .94 | .38 | ||||
| 0 | 20 (17) | 22 (20) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
| 1–5 | 55 (46) | 50 (46) | 48 (42) | 47 (46) | ||
| 6–10 | 16 (13) | 17 (16) | 25 (22) | 27 (26) | ||
| > 11 | 10 (8) | 11 (10) | 23 (20) | 26 (25) | ||
| Nurse | .32 | .55 | ||||
| 0 | 6 (5) | 3 (3) | 13 (11) | 13 (13) | ||
| 1–5 | 71 (60) | 67 (62) | 55 (48) | 54 (52) | ||
| 6–10 | 14 (12) | 24 (22) | 17 (15) | 24 (23) | ||
| > 11 | 8 (7) | 5 (5) | 15 (13) | 9 (9) | ||
| Psychologist/Psychotherapist | .86 | .048† | ||||
| 0 | 94 (79) | 96 (88) | 81 (70) | 93 (90) | ||
| 1–5 | 5 (4) | 4 (4) | 12 (10) | 6 (6) | ||
| 6–10 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | ||
| > 11 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (5) | 1 (1) | ||
| Occupational therapist/Physiotherapist | .59 | .38 | ||||
| 0 | 63 (83) | 73 (102) | 58 (50) | 68 (66) | ||
| 1–5 | 17 (23) | 11 (15) | 15 (13) | 8 (8) | ||
| 6–10 | 4 (5) | 6 (8) | 7 (6) | 7 (7) | ||
| > 11 | 9 (12) | 5 (7) | 21 (18) | 17 (16) | ||
aParticipants that scored values of 3 (stressful) and 4 (very stressful) in at least one of the four categories in the WSQ
bNumber of valid observations
Fisher’s Exact Test was performed with a significance level of .05 (95%).
†Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between groups