Table 4.

Total and Mean Component Costs (EURO/Employee) for PSI and CAU from an Employer and a Societal Perspective.

	PSI	95% CI		CAU	95% CI
Component		Lower; Upper			Lower; Upper
Employer’s perspective
Intervention Costs
Intervention	405	393; 418		445	426; 463
Travel time	62	52; 72		64	54; 75
Total	467	445; 489		509	481; 537
Sickness absence Costs
Long-term sickness absence 1	1358	878; 1838		1647	1218; 2077
Short-term sickness absence 2	1876	1246; 2506		1310	797; 1823
Total	3234	2498; 3970		2957	2306; 3609
Presenteeism costs
Production loss due to ill health	16,101	13,577; 18,625		13,942	11,576; 16,308
Total cost for production loss 3	19,335	16,920; 21,750		16,900	14,391; 19,408
Societal perspective
Intervention Costs
Intervention	446	446; 447		494	477; 511
Travel time	95	95; 95		101	94; 107
Total	541	541; 542		594	572; 617
Sickness absence costs
Long-term sickness absence 4	16,409	9372; 23,445		24,622	17,160; 32,084
Short-term sickness absence 2	2280	1514; 3045		1592	968; 2216
Total	18,688	11,712; 25,665		26,214	18,874; 33,554
Presenteeism costs
Production loss due to ill health	16,101	13,577; 18,625		13,942	11,576; 16,308
Total cost for production loss 3	34,789	27,551; 42,027		40,156	33,205; 47,107

PSI = problem-solving intervention; CAU = care as usual. ¹ Mean (sd) number of sickness absence for the period between day 15–90 (net days): 28.1 (30.0) for PSI and 32.7 (31.8) for CAU. ² Mean (sd) total number of short-term sickness during the one-year follow-up (days): 9.0 (9.6) for PSI and 6.3 (9.2) for CAU. ³ Total cost for production loss (total cost for sickness absence + cost for production loss due to ill health). ⁴ Mean (sd) total number of long-term sickness during the one-year follow-up (net days): 64.5 (90.3) for PSI and 92.8 (116.1) for CAU.