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Table 2 Means, return-to-work-rates and within-group effects sizes (Cohen’s d) of symptoms over time in patients with Stress-induced Exhaustion disorder (N = 390) participating in a 24-week Multimodal intervention

From: Standardized multimodal intervention for stress-induced exhaustion disorder: an open trial in a clinical setting

Measure

Mean (SD)

Within-group effect size

 

Pre

Post

12MFU

pre-post

pre-12MFU

KEDS

34.88 (6.18)

23.35 (8.09)

21.84 (9.13)

1.61

1.69

Working time* %

26 (34.4)

52 (29.92)

76 (34.31)

  

SLC %

62 (41.7)

39 (31.7)

12 (29.9)

  

HADS

 - anxiety

11.25 (4.07)

6.92 (3.64)

6.71 (3.86)

1.12

1.15

 - depression

11.22 (3.84)

6.50 (3.92)

6.26 (4.30)

1.22

1.23

SMBQ

5.63 (0.63)

4.00 (1.11)

3.87 (1.24)

1.75

1.76

ISI

16.38 (5.87)

9.92 (5.75)

9.81 (6.06)

1.11

1.10

EQ 5D

0.61 (0.16)

0.75 (0.14)

0.76 (0.17)

0.91

0.92

  1. Pre before treatment; Post after treatment; 12MFU 12-month follow-up; KEDS Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale; SLC Sick-leave compensation; SMBQ Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire; HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; ISI Insomnia Severity Index; EQ-5D EuroQol five dimension scale. *Patients with some form of occupation, employed or studying (n = 365)