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Table 2 Characteristics of OHPs

From: Sick-listed employees with severe medically unexplained physical symptoms: burden or routine for the occupational health physician? A cross sectional study

Group practice number

1

2

3

4

5

Total

No of OHPs

13

7

6

8

9

43

Size of organisations

>500 employees

>500 employees

<75 employees

<75 and 75-500 employees

>500 employees

 

Main branches

Public services, education and health service

Government

All types

All types

Public services, financial services and local government

 

Urbanisation

Urban

Urban

Rural

Urban

Mixed

 

Age mean (SD)

48.7 (6.5)

45.1 (5.6)

42.2 (9.7)

46.3 (7.4)

47.8 (5.3)

46.5 (6.9)

% female

30.8

71.4

50.0

50.0

87.5

54.8

Work experience (years) (SD)

13.4 (6.2)

13.4 (2.4)

9.5 (7.7)

11.1 (4.3)

12.3 (3.4)

12.2 (5.1)

% working hours of fulltime mean (SD)

89.2 (13.2)

76.4 (13.8)

91.7 (16.0)

77.5 (16.7)

81.3 (25.3)

83.7 (17.4)

% not (at all) satisfied with time available for consultations

15.4

28.6

16.7

62.5

12.5

26.2

Emotional exhaustion mean (SD)

1.2 (0.7)

1.8 (1.4)

1.6 (1.1)

1.6 (1.3)

1.9 (0.8)

1.6 (1.0)

Distance (UBOS) mean (SD)

0.6 (0.5)

0.9 (0.9)

1.1 (0.8)

1.0 (0.5)

0.9 (0.4)

0.9 (0.6)

Competences (UBOS) mean (SD)

4.7 (0.5)

4.8 (0.8)

4.1 (0.9)

4.8 (0.7)

4.5 (0.6)

4.6 (0.7)

Engagement (UWES) Mean (SD)

4.5 (0.6)

4.4 (0.5)

3.3 (1.0)

3.8 (1.0)

3.7 (0.6)

4.1 (0.8)