Table 1 Baseline characteristics of insurance physicians in control group (CG) and intervention group (IG)
From: The influence of applying insurance medicine guidelines for depression on disability assessments
| CG (n = 19) | IG (n = 21) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline characteristics | Mean (sd) or percentage | p-value | |
| Age in years | 50.5 (6.7) | 51.1 (6.2) | 0.923 |
| Male | 47% | 52% | 0.752 |
| Weekly working hours | 31.8 (9.9) | 31.1 (9.2) | 0.819 |
| Years working as physician | 21.7 (6.4) | 23.5 (5.1) | 0.319 |
| Registered as insurance physician | 84% | 86% | 0.894 |
| Years working as insurance physician | 15.4 (8.1) | 15.6 (7.9) | 0.922 |
| Number of clients with depression assessed per month | 9.3 (5.6) | 5.3 (3.7) | 0.011 |
| Assessment time for depressed clients (minutes) | 136.3 (62.3) | 153.7 (48.4) | 0.343 |
| Assessments under the new disability act | 68% | 52% | 0.301 |
| Employee of the Institute | 79% | 81% | 0.874 |