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Table 2 Overview of reported diagnoses at baseline as documented by clinician and overview of most frequently recorded diagnoses by chapter ICD-10-GM; total sample (n = 342), comparison of patients with one year (n = 271) versus those with two years of treatment (n = 71)

From: Course of self-reported symptoms of 342 outpatients receiving medium- versus long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

 

Total

sample

Treatment

1 year

Treatment

2 years

n = 342

n = 271

n = 71

n

%

n

%

n

%

Diagnoses (ICD-10-GM)

      

 Number of diagnoses (mean, SD)*

4.27 (2.46)

4.12 (2.40)

4.85 (2.63)

 1 diagnosis

31

9.1

26

9.6

5

7.0

 2–5 diagnoses

222

64.9

182

67.2

40

56.3

 6–10 diagnoses

89

26.0

63

23.2

26

36.6

Chapter F (Mental and behavioral disorders)a

      

 Depression (F32.- to F39)

208

60.8

159

58.7

49

69.0

 Anxiety (F40.- to F41.-)

128

37.4

100

36.9

28

39.4

 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)

43

12.6

30

11.1

13

18.3

 Somatoform disorder (F45.-)*

94

27.5

67

24.7

27

38.0

 Eating disorder (F50.-; E66.-)

68

19.9

51

18.8

17

23.9

 Presence of ≥1 other diagnoses chapter F

206

60.2

163

60.1

43

60.6

Chapter E (Endocrine, nutritional, metabolic)

      

 Presence of ≥1 diagnoses chapter E

58

17.0

45

16.6

13

18.3

Chapter G (Diseases of nervous system)

      

 Presence of ≥1 diagnoses chapter G

83

24.3

67

24.7

16

22.5

Chapter M (Musculoskeletal system)

      

 Presence of ≥1 diagnoses chapter M

78

22.8

61

22.5

17

23.9

Other (predominantly chapters I, K and R)

      

 Presence of ≥1 further diagnoses*

182

53.2

136

50.2

46

64.8

  1. aAs patients were frequently diagnosed with more than one clinical diagnosis (ICD-10-GM), the sum of diagnoses is larger than the total sample size because of co-morbidities
  2. *Significant group differences at p < .05 level (chi-square tests; for mean number of diagnoses: t-test statistic for independent samples)