From: Assessments of mental capacity in psychiatric inpatients: a retrospective cohort study
Category | Number (nā=ā17,744) | (%) | Number (%) with documented mental capacity assessment |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Female | 8,147 | 45.9 | 824 (10.1) |
Male | 9,597 | 54.1 | 908 (9.5) |
Age Group | Ā | Ā | Ā |
16-25 | 2,629 | 14.8 | 295 (11.3) |
26-35 | 4,368 | 24.6 | 335 (7.7) |
36-45 | 5,184 | 29.2 | 376 (7.2) |
46-55 | 2,800 | 15.7 | 228 (8.1) |
56-65 | 1,188 | 6.7 | 150 (12.7) |
66-75 | 776 | 4.4 | 151 (19.3) |
76+ | 799 | 4.5 | 197 (24.7) |
Ethnicity | Ā | Ā | Ā |
White European | 10,511 | 59.2 | 865 (8.2) |
Black African | 1,913 | 10.8 | 269 (14.1) |
Black Caribbean | 1,567 | 8.8 | 211 (13.5) |
Black other | 1,946 | 11.0 | 212 (10.9) |
East Asian | 410 | 2.3 | 35 (8.5) |
South Asian | 337 | 1.9 | 29 (8.6) |
Mixed, other | 1,060 | 6.0 | 111 (10.5) |
Marital Status | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Single | 11,164 | 64.6 | 1,077 (9.4) |
Married/civil partnership | 2,283 | 12.9 | 244 (10.7) |
Divorced/separated | 2,182 | 12.3 | 188 (8.6) |
Widowed | 658 | 3.7 | 141 (21.4) |
Not-known | 1,157 | 6.5 | 82 (7.1) |
Diagnosis | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Organic and Developmental Disorders | 903 | 5.1 | 236 (26.0) |
Schizophrenia | 3,902 | 22.0 | 547 (14.0) |
Schizoaffective and other Psychotic Disorders | 2,102 | 11.9 | 268 (12.7) |
Bipolar Disorder | 1,972 | 11.1 | 232 (11.8) |
Depression and Neurotic Disorders | 3,246 | 18.3 | 211 (6.5) |
Personality Disorders | 909 | 5.1 | 55 (6.1) |
Substance Misuse Disorders | 3,582 | 20.2 | 109 (3.0) |
Eating Disorders and Other Behavioural Disorders | 247 | 1.4 | 20 (8.1) |
Unknown | 881 | 5.0 | 54 (6.1) |
Service | Ā | Ā | Ā |
General Adult Services | 11,957 | 67.4 | 1,074 (9.0) |
PICU | 564 | 3.2 | 108 (19.0) |
MHOA | 1,390 | 7.8 | 328 (23.7) |
CAMHS | 255 | 1.4 | 28 (11.0) |
Specialist | 746 | 4.2 | 81 (10.9) |
Learning Disabilities | 60 | 0.3 | 24 (40.0) |
Addictions | 2,527 | 14.2 | 16 (0.6) |
Forensic | 177 | 1.0 | 62 (35.0) |
Rehab | 68 | 0.4 | 11 (16.2) |
Mental Health Act Status | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Informal | 10,608 | 59.8 | 433 (4.1) |
Section 4/5/136 | 703 | 34.0 | 68 (9.8) |
Section 2 | 2,326 | 13.1 | 332 (14.3) |
Section 3* | 3,740 | 21.1 | 507 (13.6) |
Forensic | 367 | 2.1 | 92 (25.1) |
Total | 17,744 | 100 | 1,732 (9.8) |
*Section 3 detained for >3Ā months | 2,201 | 12.4 | 353 (22.9) |