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- Table 1. Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Chronic Mental Disorders Who Underwent Medical Assessment2
Age 18 to 60 years
Answering the following 2 questions with “yes”:
Do you think that you are suffering at present from health problems that are not only somatic but also psychological in nature?
If there are psychological problems, have they existed for more than 6 months? (criterion of chronicity)
A score of 0 or 1 on at least 1 item or a score of 2 on at least 3 items of the WHO-Five Well-being Index (a 22-item self-rating questionnaire)
An average score of 4 or a score of 5 on at least 1 item on the self-rating questionnaire of illness-related participation disorders across different domains of daily life (IMET)23,24
- Table 2. Comparison of Characteristics of Patients with and without Workplace Phobia (n = 288)
Characteristics Patients with Workplace Phobia (n = 29) Patients without Workplace Phobia (n = 259) P Value* Cohen's d Age (years) 43.66 (8.9) 42.91 (10.9) .721 0.07 Time in psychiatric treatment 5.52 (12.6) 9.45 (36.5) .565 0.11 Time in psychotherapeutic treatment 7.45 (13.8) 5.46 (14.3) .476 0.14 Amount of psychosomatic rehabilitation in the past 5 years (weeks) 0.93 (2.4) 0.58 (2.0) .380 0.17 Patients with health problems attributed to the work situation (%) 58.6 (28.6) 26.8 (31.9) .000† 1.01 Duration of sick leave in the past 12 months (weeks) 17.07 (19.7) 8.62 (13.9) .032‡ 0.63 Present duration of sick leave (weeks) 13.66 (23.0) 6.58 (20.9) .122 0.34 Self-rating of mental and somatic symptom load Workplace Phobia Screening score 2.79 (0.74) 0.88 (0.89) .000† 2.19 WHO-5 score 1.4 (0.9) 1.48 (0.8) .601 0.10 Burvill rating Acute somatic multimorbidity 0.49 (0.4) 0.41 (0.4) .277 0.20 Chronic somatic multimorbidity 0.86 (0.56) 0.65 (0.55) .069 0.38 - Table 3. Prevalence of Problems in the Workplace in Patients with a Workplace and with or without Workplace Phobia
Workplace Problems Patients with a Workplace and Workplace Phobia (n = 17) Patients with a Workplace but without Workplace Phobia (n = 180) P Value* Problems are present 58.6 38.2 .000† Long or frequent sick leave absence 35.3 24.0 .304 Mobbing and conflicts 29.4 14.4 .105 Overtaxation with amount of work 76.5 29.9 .000† Overtaxation with work content 47.1 12.0 .000† Structural/environmental problems 29.4 21.0 .421 Endangered in the workplace 17.6 13.8 .662 - Table 4. Capacity and Participation Disorders in Patients with and without Workplace Phobia
Capacity Disorders Patients with Workplace Phobia (n = 29) Patients without Workplace Phobia (n = 259) P Value* Cohen's d Rated by physician according using Mini-ICF-APP Adherence to regulations 0.73 (0.78) 0.42 (0.73) 0.254 0.42 Planning and structuring of tasks 0.93 (0.84) 0.61 (0.8) 0.045† 0.4 Flexibility 1.45 (0.91) 0.92 (0.97) 0.005† 0.55 Competency 0.48 (0.8) 0.24 (0.6) 0.110 0.39 Endurance 1.17 (1.0) 0.92 (0.9) 0.202 0.28 Assertiveness 1.03 (0.9) 0.79 (0.88) 0.160 0.27 Contact with others 1.1 (1.0) 0.71 (0.8) 0.052 0.48 Group integration 0.76 (0.87) 0.59 (0.83) 0.306 0.20 Intimate relationships 0.93 (1.0) 0.79 (0.9) 0.453 0.15 Nonwork activities 1.28 (0.92) 1.17 (0.87) 0.553 0.13 Self-care 0.1 (0.4) 0.05 (0.3) 0.377 0.16 Mobility 0.79 (0.97) 0.48 (0.87) 0.072 0.35 Competence to judge and decide 1.38 (0.86) 0.88 (0.92) 0.005† 0.55 Rated by Physician Using IMEP Degree to which there are participation limitations due to illness in the following domains of life Activities of daily living (washing, dressing, eating, moving in one's home) 1.2 (2.0) 1.04 (1.9) 0.651 0.08 Activities at home (work in house and garden, family care) 2.59 (2.5) 2.15 (2.4) 0.356 0.18 Activities outside the house (hand to mouth buying, moving in one's hometown) 3.28 (2.2) 2.46 (2.3) 0.074 0.36 Duties (cleaning up, adherence to dates, doing shopping outside one's house) 4.83 (2.0) 3.44 (2.3) 0.002† 0.61 Recreational activities (hobbies, relaxation, enjoying time spent off work) 4.34 (2.6) 4.21 (2.1) 0.753 0.06 Social activities (meeting friends, talking with neighbors, going to parties) 4.28 (2.0) 3.8 (2.16) 0.258 0.22 Close relations (being with one's partner or family) 4.31 (2.12) 3.39 (2.5) 0.054 0.37 Sexual life (appropriate quality and quantity) 4.14 (3.3) 3.61 (3.0) 0.381 0.18 Coping with stress (family conflicts, illness, financial problems, unexpected life events) 5.69 (1.8) 5.15 (1.9) 0.148 0.29 Work (adequately fulfilling one's duties at work and following further training) 6.17 (2.3) 5.2 (2.3) 0.033† 0.42
