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Table 3 Visits to care providers among WSQ intervention group and controls reporting high stressa

From: Effects of a work stress intervention on healthcare use and treatment compared to treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial in Swedish primary healthcare

 

Before inclusion (< 12 months)

Follow-up (≥12 months)

WSQ-IG

% (n = 84b)

Control

% (n = 92b)

p-value

WSQ-IG

% (n = 87b)

Control

% (n = 97b)

p-value

Visits to

 Physician

  

.94

  

.38

  0

20 (17)

22 (20)

 

3 (3)

0 (0)

 

  1–5

55 (46)

50 (46)

 

48 (42)

47 (46)

 

  6–10

16 (13)

17 (16)

 

25 (22)

27 (26)

 

   > 11

10 (8)

11 (10)

 

23 (20)

26 (25)

 

 Nurse

  

.32

  

.55

  0

6 (5)

3 (3)

 

13 (11)

13 (13)

 

  1–5

71 (60)

67 (62)

 

55 (48)

54 (52)

 

  6–10

14 (12)

24 (22)

 

17 (15)

24 (23)

 

  > 11

8 (7)

5 (5)

 

15 (13)

9 (9)

 

 Psychologist/Psychotherapist

  

.86

  

.048†

  0

94 (79)

96 (88)

 

81 (70)

93 (90)

 

  1–5

5 (4)

4 (4)

 

12 (10)

6 (6)

 

  6–10

1 (1)

0 (0)

 

2 (2)

0 (0)

 

  > 11

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

6 (5)

1 (1)

 

 Occupational therapist/Physiotherapist

  

.59

  

.38

  0

63 (83)

73 (102)

 

58 (50)

68 (66)

 

  1–5

17 (23)

11 (15)

 

15 (13)

8 (8)

 

  6–10

4 (5)

6 (8)

 

7 (6)

7 (7)

 

  > 11

9 (12)

5 (7)

 

21 (18)

17 (16)

 
  1. aParticipants that scored values of 3 (stressful) and 4 (very stressful) in at least one of the four categories in the WSQ
  2. bNumber of valid observations
  3. Fisher’s Exact Test was performed with a significance level of .05 (95%).
  4. †Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between groups