Attitudes toward concordance in psychiatry: a comparative, cross-sectional study of psychiatric patients and mental health professionals

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

LATCon Items	Patients (N = 449)	Psychiatrists (N = 125)	Psychiatry Registrars (N = 100)	Pvalues^a
Mean age (SD)	42.7 (11.8)	42.6 (10.3)	28.3 (3.0)	P < .001
Female (%)	65	43	56	P < .001
No formal education	9.6
Primary education	44.8			-
Secondary education	31.2	-	-
University degree	14.5
Inpatient/outpatient units (%)^b	-	37/63	44/56	P = .338
Academic practice (%)	NA	36	NA	-
Private practice (%)	NA	45.6	NA	-

^a χ² test, except for age (ANOVA).
^b All patients were treated in outpatients units. Statistic test compares psychiatrists and psychiatry registrars.
NA: not applicable.

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