Fig 1.
Summary of the four associations and the related research questions (RQ 1–4).
Number 1–3 describe the bivariate associations, while number 4 includes all three variables (work-related stress, reason for consultation and diagnosis-specific sick leave).
Table 1.
Primary health care centre characteristics and inclusion of participants.
Table 2.
Background characteristics for the total study population and the subgroup perceiving high work-related stress.
Table 3.
Relationship between symptoms given as reason for consultation and work-related stress (N = 232).
Table 4.
Frequency of diagnosis-specific sick leave classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) within one year of baseline (N = 84).
Table 5.
Relationship between work-related stress as measured with the Work Stress Questionnaire and future mental sick leave diagnosis or musculoskeletal sick leave diagnosis (N = 232).
Table 6.
Relationship between symptoms given as reason for consultation and having a mental or musculoskeletal sick leave diagnosis (N = 232).
Table 7.
Relationship between symptoms given as reason for consultation compared to having a mental or musculoskeletal sick leave diagnosis for patients perceiving high work-related stress (N = 102).
Fig 2.
Frequency of mental diagnoses for patients seeking care for mental or others reasons.
Separate graphs for patients perceiving high versus low work-related stress.
Fig 3.
Frequency of musculoskeletal diagnoses for patients seeking care for musculoskeletal or other reasons with separate graphs for patients perceiving high versus low work-related stress.
Fig 4.
Summary of the study findings for the three variables work-related stress, reason for consultation and diagnosis-specific sick leave.
The text boxes describe the main results for the associations marked with arrows.