Table 1.
Characteristics of participating workers with CMDs
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term sick leave group (< 3 months) | Medium-term sick leave group (3–6 months) | Long-term sick leave group (> 6 months) | Total | |
| Number of participants | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 (100%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 (23,5%) |
| Female | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 (76,5%) |
| Mean Age in years (range) | 48 (29–59) | 48 (37–60) | 52 (40–62) | 49 (29–62) |
| Educational level | ||||
| Low [primary school] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Middle [secondary education] | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| High [vocational education or university] | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| Disorders (number of participants)a | ||||
| Any psychiatric disorder | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| Any mood disorder | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| Minor depressive disorder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Major depressive disorder | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| Partial remission or recurrence of major depressive disorder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Dysthymia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| R/O bipolar disorder | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Any anxiety disorder | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Panic disorder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Anxiety disorder NOSb | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Generalised anxiety disorder | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Probable alcohol abuse/dependence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Any eating disorder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulimia nervosa, ‘purging type’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulimia nervosa, ‘nonpurging’ type 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Binge eating disorder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Any somatoform disorder | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| Multi-somatoform disorder | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Somatoform disorder NOSa | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
aMeasured with the PRIME-MD [25]
bNOS not otherwise specified