Sources

Every statistic carries a reference.

This is the full list: the claim, the source, and where to find it.

Long-term absence: 10.8% of reports, 80.9% of days; 43.4% psychological

Used for: the three figures in the problem section of the Dutch homepage.

HumanCapitalCare, absence figures 2025. Long-term absence accounts for 10.8% of sick reports but 80.9% of absence days; 43.4% of those days have a psychological cause, and that share is rising. humancapitalcare.nl

€315 per day of absence

Used for: “A year for one employee costs less than one day of their absence” and the Dutch 6.7-hours line. Basis: €250 / €315 per day / 7.5 hours per working day = 6.7 hours.

HumanCapitalCare, “Verzuim door stress afgelopen jaar gestegen”. Average cost of one absence day: €315, including continued wages and employer charges. humancapitalcare.nl

€90,000+ per burnout case

Used in conversation material and proposals.

Basis: 242-313 calendar days of absence per burnout case at €300-400 per day, including wages, holiday allowance, pension and employer premiums (HumanCapitalCare / TNO figures).

5% use rate of Employee Assistance Programs

Used for: the 5% figure in the gap section of the English homepage.

EAPA, Workplace Outcome Suite (WOS) EAP Industry Global Report No. 6, June 2024. eapassn.org

Absence rate 6.3% at employers of 100+ employees (2025)

Used in conversation material.

CBS StatLine, table 80072ned (sickness absence rate by company size). opendata.cbs.nl

Burnout complaints: 20.7% of employees (2025), up from 13.4% in 2015

Used in conversation material.

Netherlands Working Conditions Survey (NEA), CBS and TNO. monitorarbeid.tno.nl

A work-related absence day costs €299 on average

Used for: “A year for one employee costs less than one day of absence.” Amount per working day, 2023 figures.

TNO, Arbobalans 2024. Average continued-wage cost per work-related absence day. monitorarbeid.tno.nl

Work-related absence costs €8.3 billion per year; €4.9 billion from psychosocial workload

Used in conversation material.

TNO, Arbobalans. Continued-wage cost of work-related absence; the PSA share covers psychosocial workload such as work pressure and undesirable behaviour. monitorarbeid.tno.nl

Burnout is an occupational phenomenon, not a medical condition

Used for: our boundary. Mindsetor does not diagnose and is not a medical device.

WHO, ICD-11, QD85 (“Burn-out”). who.int

Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)

Used for: the validated questionnaires in the screening (alongside WHO-5 and PSS-4).

Schaufeli, W.B., Desart, S. & De Witte, H. (2020). Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT): Development, Validity, and Reliability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 9495. burnoutassessmenttool.be

81% daily participation in our pilot

Our own measurement. Used for: the proof section on the homepage.

Mindsetor, eight-week programme at a Dutch transport company, 2026. Measurement basis: the share of working days on which a participating employee was active in the programme, averaged across all participants over eight weeks; vacation days and days before enrolment are excluded. This is participation among participants, not a share of total headcount.