Table 3 General practitioners’ management of stress according to co-existing psychiatric diagnoses
From: General practitioners’ management of patients with psychological stress: audit results from Denmark
Psychiatric diagnosis coexisting with stress | None (ref) | Anxiety only | Depression only | Other diag only | > 1 diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 376 | 93 | 176 | 60 | 80 | |
Mean age in years | 43 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | |
Females | 72% | 69% | 67% | 72% | 69% | |
GP assessed cause of stress | Work | 73% | 63% | 64% | 63% | 75% |
Family | 37% | 42% | 43% | 35% | 34% | |
Physical disease | 5% | 18%* | 12%* | 17%* | 20%* | |
Other cause | 8% | 15% | 13% | 23%* | 16% | |
Unknown | 3% | 5% | 6%* | 7% | 3% | |
Medication | Antidepressants | 4% | 43%* | 73%* | 18%* | 54%* |
Benzodiazep or Z-drugs | 7% | 10% | 7% | 3% | 16%* | |
Antipsychotics | 1% | 1% | 4%* | 5%* | 14%* | |
None of the above | 88% | 52%* | 25%* | 77%* | 34%* | |
Period of sick leave due to the stress | 53% | 45% | 54% | 52% | 71%* | |
Counselling in general practice | 43% | 58%* | 53% | 52% | 55% | |
Referred to psychologist | 32% | 45% | 49%* | 37% | 45%* | |
Referred to dpt. of occupational medicine | 7% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 9% | |
Reported to OSHA | 6% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 14% | |
Participated in municipality stress program | 5% | 6% | 14%* | 5% | 1% | |