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Table 2 Conflicts and diagnosis of the patients a) and Improvement on the specified diagnosis

From: Client-therapist dyads and therapy outcome: Does sex matching matters? A cross-sectional study

What complaints prompted you to seek therapeutic help?

Did the therapy helped to alleviate the symptoms / problems you sought help for?

Sample

Percentage

I felt much better

I felt somewhat better

Everything remained unchanged

It got worse

I am not sure/ I don’t know

Diagnosis

n

%

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

Anxiety

767

63.3

          

General fears

595

49.1

42.6

253

43.6

259

11.8

70

1.5

9

0.5

3

Panic attacks

333

27.5

50.6

167

31.8

105

14.8

49

2.4

8

0.3

1

Phobias

106

8.7

31.4

33

39.0

41

25.7

27

1.0

1

2.9

3

Exam anxiety

69

5.7

24.6

16

24.6

16

40.0

26

1.5

1

9.2

6

Fears of illness

252

20.8

30.2

76

39.3

99

26.6

67

3.2

8

0.8

2

Depressed or unsteady mood

1032

85.2

          

Depressive complaints. e.g.. Sadness and listlessness

929

76.7

39.6

367

43.4

402

14.8

137

2.0

18

0.2

2

Bad mood. i. S. of irritability and anger

536

44.2

33.9

181

46.4

248

17.2

92

2.4

13

–

–

Grief over the loss of a loved one

394

32.5

32.4

127

40.1

157

25.0

98

1.8

7

0.8

3

Suicidality or thoughts of suicide

297

24.4

58.8

174

21.6

64

16.9

50

2.4

7

0.3

1

Addictive behavior

164

13.5

          

Alcohol or drug problems

116

9.6

49.6

57

26.1

30

22.6

26

1.8

2

–

–

Other addictions (gambling, shopping, internet addiction …)

56

4.6

29.1

16

32.7

18

30.9

17

7.3

4

–

–

eating disorder

312

25.8

          

anorexia

91

7.5

56.2

50

30.3

27

7.9

7

4.5

4

1.1

1

Bulimia nervosa

45

3.7

51.1

23

31.1

14

15.6

7

2.2

1

–

 

Binge eating

93

7.7

33.3

31

31.2

29

33.3

31

1.1

1

1.1

1

Obesity

126

10.4

15.2

19

21.6

27

53.6

67

9.6

12

–

–

More complaints

            

Compulsions/obsessions

199

16.4

41.1

81

36.5

72

16.8

33

3.5

7

2.0

4

Psychosomatic complaints

655

54.0

30.4

199

38.5

252

26.9

176

3.7

24

0.5

3

Sexual dysfunction

143

11.8

17.0

24

27.0

38

53.2

75

2.8

4

–

–

Problems coping with a physical illness

364

30.0

24.0

87

39.1

142

32.5

118

3.6

13

0.8

3

Traumatic event in life

629

51.9

30.4

191

43.9

276

23.1

145

1.7

11

1.0

6

Personality disorders

169

13.9

38.1

64

36.3

61

23.2

39

2.4

4

–

–

Other problems

            

Sexual problems / conflicts

496

40.9

28.7

141

39.5

194

26.1

128

4.5

22

1.2

6

Conflicts / problems in the partnership

202

16.7

17.3

34

31.6

62

49.0

96

1.5

3

0.5

1

Problems with the children or other family members

498

41.1

36.0

166

33.0

152

26.2

121

3.3

15

1.5

7

Learning and / or work disorders

386

31.8

28.8

108

40.8

153

26.4

99

2.6

10

1.3

5

Problems in the workplace

396

32.7

30.9

105

34.7

118

27.4

93

6.2

21

0.9

3

  1. a) = Multiple answers were possible
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