Healthcare consumption among patients with stress-related exhaustion: a register-based study in Swedish primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is limited understanding of healthcare consumption among patients seeking care for stress-related exhaustion. This study examines the number of care contacts and treatments received by patients diagnosed with Exhaustion Disorder (ED) in primary care, as well as its association with psychiatric comorbidity, sex, age, location, and the governance of primary care centers (PCCs).

Methods

Data from the Region Västra Götaland healthcare database Vega was analysed including patients diagnosed with ED for the first time during 2018 and 2019, in total of 11,058 patients. Number of care contacts and treatments registered the 12 months before and after the individual date of first time ED diagnosis were compared.

Results

Number of care contacts and treatments and

SUBMITTER: Ulfarsson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12918270 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature