Changes in Work Impairment and Associated Cost Savings Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapy: Retrospective Cohort Study.

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Journal of occupational and environmental medicine Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003508

Hallie M Espel-Huynh, Shih-Yin Chen, Anna Ialynytchev, Robert E Wickham, Lu Wang, Alethea Varra, Connie E Chen, Anita Lungu, Jennifer L Lee

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Abstract

Objective: Examine changes in work impairment and associated cost savings among employees receiving psychotherapy through an employer-sponsored benefit.

Methods: A retrospective analysis evaluated changes in work impairment and lost productive time (LPT) among N = 5,450 adults receiving psychotherapy. Per employee per year (PEPY) cost savings due to gains in productive time were estimated using a range of salary benchmarks.

Results: Employees experienced significant reductions in work impairment (b = -2.88, 95% CI [-3.01, -2.75]) and LPT (b = -4.00, 95% CI [-4.25, -3.74]). Based on the median U.S. salary, improvements corresponded to an average cost savings of $4,806 PEPY. Cost savings increased with increasing baseline work impairment severity (very severe: $20,882 PEPY at the median U.S. salary).

Conclusions: Employees receiving evidence-based psychotherapy experience meaningful reductions in work impairment, which are associated with employer cost savings due to productive time gains.

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在接受心理治疗的员工中，工作障碍的变化和相关的成本节约：回顾性队列研究。

目的：检查通过雇主赞助的福利接受心理治疗的员工在工作障碍和相关成本节约方面的变化。方法：回顾性分析5450名接受心理治疗的成年人的工作障碍和工作时间损失（LPT）的变化。每个员工每年（PEPY）由于生产时间的增加而节省的成本是使用一系列工资基准来估计的。结果：员工的工作障碍（b = -2.88, 95% CI[-3.01, -2.75]）和LPT （b = -4.00, 95% CI[-4.25, -3.74]）显著减少。根据美国工资的中位数，改进相当于平均节省4806美元的成本。成本节约随着基线工作损伤严重程度的增加而增加（非常严重：按美国平均工资计算，PEPY为20,882美元）。结论：接受循证心理治疗的员工在工作损伤方面经历了有意义的减少，这与雇主因生产时间的增加而节省的成本有关。

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