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Table 2 Levels of distress (mean and SD score on 4DSQ distress scale) in the samples of 'healthy working employees' and 'employees on sick leave due to psychological complaints'

From: Distress or no distress, that's the question: A cutoff point for distress in a working population

  

Distress (range 0–32)

    

Percentile

Sample

n

Mean

SD

5

25

50

75

95

Healthy working employees

3605

4.0

5.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

6.0

14.0

Employees on sickness absence due to psychological complaints

280

22.3

6.7

9.0

18.0

24.0

28.0

31.0