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Table 2 The general practitioner’s causality assessment and management of psychological stress

From: General practitioners’ management of patients with psychological stress: audit results from Denmark

GP assessed causes of stress

Work

Family

Disease

Other

Unknown

Number of patients (groups are not exclusive)

542

303

86

94

34

The patients’ mean age in years

45

43

45

41

45

Patients with female sex

74%

74%

64%

63%

48%

Medication

Antidepressants

29%

32%

50%

43%

36%

Benzodiazepines or Z-drugs

7%

7%

12%

13%

12%

Antipsychotics

3%

2%

10%

4%

3%

None of the above

66%

62%

40%

50%

49%

Period of sick-leave due to the stress

62%

43%

52%

43%

30%

Counselling in general practice

51%

52%

53%

53%

45%

Referred to psychologist

37%

45%

42%

35%

36%

Referred to dpt. of occupational medicine

9%

3%

3%

2%

1%

Reported to OSHA

9%

5%

3%

3%

0%

Participated in municipality stress program

9%

8%

8%

7%

3%

  1. The arrows indicate where the proportions were significantly (age- and sex-adjusted p < 0.05) higheror lowerif the cause of stress was assessed to be present compared to if not. OSHA, Occupational Safety- and Health-Administration