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Table 1 Units’ Descriptive statistics, by country, n (%) unless otherwise stated

From: Quality of care and its determinants in longer term mental health facilities across Europe; a cross-sectional analysis

Variable

Label

Bul

CzR

Ger

Gre

Ita

Neth

Pol

Port

Spa

UK

Total

 

Number of units surveyed

20

20

21

22

29

21

20

20

20

20

213

Location

Inner city

6 (30 %)

6 (30 %)

11 (52 %)

20 (91 %)

14 (48 %)

4 (19 %)

11 (55 %)

9 (45 %)

13 (65 %)

15 (75 %)

109 (51 %)

Suburbs

5 (25 %0

12 (60 %)

4 (19 %)

0 (0 %)

12 (41 %)

11 (52 %)

9 (45 %)

3 (15 %)

6 (30 %)

5 (25 %)

67 (32 %)

Countryside

9 (45 %)

2 (10 %)

6 (29 %)

2 (9 %)

3 (11 %)

6 (29 %)

0 (0 %)

8 (40 %)

1 (5 %)

0 (0 %)

37 (17 %)

Type

Community

12 (60 %)

5 (25 %)

21 (100 %)

22

(100 %)

29 (100 %)

11 (52 %)

10 (50 %)

7 (35 %)

10 (50 %)

15 (75 %)

142 (67 %)

Hospital

8 (40 %)

15 (75 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

10 (48 %)

10 (50 %

13 (65 %)

10 (50 %)

5 (25 %)

71 (33 %)

Unit size

Mean (SD)

Range

53.8 (33.5)

8 – 120

34.5 (18.4)

5 – 56

23.3 (12.7)

9 – 58

12.9

(3.9)

6 – 20

10.4

(4.6)

5 – 24

30.2 (14.0)

11 – 60

46.3 (13.8)

31 – 73

16.5 (10.5)

6 – 40

21.4 (14.6)

11 - 70

14.1 (5.3)

6 – 30

25.5

(20.1)

5-120

Has max length of stay

1 (5 %)

3 (15 %)

0 (0 %)

5 (23 %)

10 (35 %)

1 (5 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (10 %)

2 (10 %)

17 (85 %)

41 (19 %)

Single gender units

Male

7 (35 %)

7 (35 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (5 %)

2 (7 %)

0 (0 %)

5 (25 %)

6 (30 %)

2 (10 %)

1 (5 %)

31 (15 %)

Female

4 (20 %)

5 (25 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (5 %)

2 (7 %)

0 (0 %)

4 (20 %)

2 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (5 %)

19 (9 %)

Detained patients

% in unit, mean (SD) range

13.1 (24)

0 – 96

7.9 (13)

0 – 50

3.5 (9)

0 – 29

12.3 (27) 0 – 100

3.2 (7)

0 -30

11.7 (19) 0 – 65

17.6 (25) 0 – 100

0.3 (1)

0 – 5

17.2 (35) 0 – 100

23.4 (25) 0 – 75

10.7 (21)

0 – 100

>50 % pts involuntary

1 (5 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

3 (14 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (10 %)

2 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

3 (15 %)

3 (15 %)

14 (6.6 %)

% Pts that need high levels of assistance

None

4 (20 %)

6 (30 %)

5 (24 %)

14 (64 %)

11 (38 %)

3 (14 %)

2 (10 %)

5 (25 %)

2 (10 %)

6 (30 %)

58 (27 %)

>50 %

3 (15 %)

1 (5 %)

1 (5 %)

1 (5 %)

1 (3 %)

6 (29 %)

2 (10 %)

3 (15 %)

4 (20 %)

1 (5 %)

23 (8 %)

Staffing

Intensity (Full Time Equivalent staff to bed ratio), mean (SD) range

0.2 (0.2)

0.1 – 0.6

0.5 (0.2) 0.1 – 0.8

0.3 (0.2) 0.1 – 0.7

1.7 (1.9) 0.1 – 9.1

0.2 (0.1) 0.1 – 0.5

0.6 (0.4) 0.2 – 1.8)

0.5 (0.2) 0.2 – 0.9

0.3 (0.3) 0.1 – 1.1

1.6 (1.2) 0.3 – 4.7

1.2 (0.5) 0.1 – 1.9

0.7 (0.9)

0.1 – 9.1

Turnover (per bed in past 2 years), mean (SD) range

0.12

(0.13)

0 – 0.55

0.22 (0.25)

0 – 0.86

0.23 (0.31)

0 – 1.00

0.13 (0.13)

0 – 0.44

0.21 (0.16)

0 – 0.75

0.58 (0.90)

0 – 4.00

0.13 (0.12)

0 – 0.37

0.14 (0.17)

0 – 0.50

0.19 (0.33)

0 – 1.50

0.11 (0.09)

0 – 0.30

0.21

(0.36)

0 – 4.0

Psychiatrist in the unit

9 (45 %)

16 (80 %)

0 (0 %)

18 (82 %)

21 (72 %)

12 (57 %)

20 (100 %)

10 (50 %)

14 (70 %)

15 (75 %)

135 (63 %)

No Psychiatrist input

0 (0 %)

1 (5 %)

2 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (3 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

4 (2 %)

Clinical Psychologist

4 (20 %)

12 (60 %)

1 (5 %)

17 (77 %)

16 (55 %)

4 (19 %)

19 (95 %)

6 (30 %)

14 (70 %)

12 (60 %)

105 (49 %)

Social Worker

0 (0 %)

20 (100 %)

7 (33 %)

18 (82 %)

23 (79 %)

9 (43 %)

15 (75 %)

14 (70 %)

13 (65 %)

1 (5 %)

120 (56 %)

Vocational rehabilitation lead

14 (70 %)

1 (5 %)

5 (24 %)

14 (64 %)

0 (0 %)

8 (38 %)

0 (0 %)

3 (15 %)

14 (70 %)

10 (50 %)

69 (32 %)