Table 1 |
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| Description of studied population | |||
| Exposed to major stressor | Not exposed | Fisher’s test | |
| n (%) | n (%) | p-value | |
| Age | P = 0.005 | ||
| 18 – 64.9 years | 115 (75.2%) | 204 (62.0%) | |
| ≥ 65 years | 38 (24.8%) | 125 (38.0%) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 56 (36.6%) | 132 (40.1%) | P = 0.484 |
| Male | 97 (63.4%) | 197 (59.9%) | |
| Education | P = 0.577 | ||
| Higher education | 60 (39.2%) | 110 (33.4%) | |
| Apprenticeship or equivalent | 52 (34.0%) | 119 (36.3%) | |
| Compulsory school or less | 26 (17.0%) | 57 (17.3%) | |
| Other or unknown | 15 (9.8%) | 43 (13.1%) | |
| Lives | P = 0.683 | ||
| With family or friends | 117 (76.5%) | 244 (74.2%) | |
| Alone | 29 (18.9%) | 73 (22.3%) | |
| Unknown | 7 (4.6%) | 12 (3.5%) | |
| Occupation | P = 0.102 | ||
| Full-time employment | 45 (29.4%) | 74 (22.5%) | P = 0.112 |
| Part-time employment | 28 (18.3%) | 65 (19.8%) | P = 0.804 |
| Housewife/-husband | 28 (18.3%) | 55 (16.7%) | P = 0.698 |
| Retired | 37 (24.2%) | 114 (34.6%) | P = 0.026 |
| Other | 15 (9.8%) | 21 (6.4%) | P = 0.200 |
| Initial somatic complaint* | |||
| Psychological origin | 18 (11.8%) | 22 (6.7%) | P = 0.075 |
| Osteo-articular | 52 (34.0%) | 134 (40.7%) | P = 0.161 |
| Neurological | 9 (5.9%) | 22 (6.7%) | P = 0.843 |
| Cardiovascular | 20 (13.1%) | 28 (8.5%) | P = 0.141 |
| Respiratory | 16 (10.5%) | 25 (7.6%) | P = 0.297 |
| Digestive | 17 (11.1%) | 30 (9.1%) | P = 0.511 |
| Uro-genital | 7 (4.6%) | 13 (3.9%) | P = 0.807 |
| Mouth-throat | 7 (4.5%) | 27 (8.2%) | P = 0.182 |
| Psychiatric condition | |||
| Psychiatric comorbidities | 34 (22.2%) | 38 (11.5%) | P = 0.004 |
| Psychological treatment in the previous 3 months | 45 (29.4%) | 67 (20.4%) | P = 0.037 |
| Subjective health status† | P = 0.092 | ||
| Excellent | 11 (7.3%) | 26 (7.9%) | |
| Very good | 22 (14.6%) | 81 (24.6%) | |
| Good | 72 (47.7%) | 147 (44.7%) | |
| Moderate | 41 (27.1%) | 68 (20.7%) | |
| Bad | 5 (3.3%) | 7 (2.1%) | |
* Up to three diagnoses related to the complaint could be reported. Here we reports principle motive for common complaints only.
† Data was missing for two patients.
Herzig et al. BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:120 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-12-120
