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Table 2 Patients with a misdiagnosis and related therapies

From: Economic burden of symptomatic iron deficiency – a survey among Swiss women

Misdiagnosis

Frequency

Therapy

Fraction with misdiagnosis and therapy among total sample

Duration of therapy (medical/psychotherapy, in weeks)

N; %

N; %

%

Mean

95% CI

Min; Max.

Depression

113; 11.2

71; 62.2

7.0

104

67; 140

0; 780

Burnout

53; 5.3

22; 41.0

2.2

27

5; 50

0; 416

Anxiety state

52; 5.2

30; 56.5

2.9

51

14; 88

0; 780

Chronic fatigue

71; 7.1

20; 27.5

1.9

54

10; 117

0; 624

Others

65; 6.5

31; 47.0

3.0

34

1; 71

0; 1560

Total

354; 35.3

174; 46.8

17.0