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Table 4 Total values of formal and content-based criteria (2012 and 2013 samples; N = 1140)

From: Quality criteria of involuntary psychiatric admissions - before and after the revision of the civil code in Switzerland

 

Psychiatrists

Psychiatric Institutions

Hospital doctors

General practitioners

Emergency physicians

Formal criteria 2012

8.98

8.27

8.48

8.06

8.44

Formal criteria 2013

9.32

9.08

9.47

9.24

9.58

 T

−2.78*

−3.53**

−6.76**

−6.34**

−9.55**

 df

323

138

294

154

221

Content criteria 2012

9.68

10.32

8.08

8.69

9.54

Content criteria 2013

11.22

11.85

9.80

10.10

11.46

 T

−6.54**

−3.76**

−6.44**

−3.56**

−8.15**

 df

323

138

294

154

221

Total 2012

18.66

18.59

16.56

16.75

17.98

Total 2013

20.54

20.93

19.27

19.34

21.05

 T

−6.54**

−4.45**

−8.95**

−5.46**

−10.65**

 df

323

138

294

154

221

  1. Range of scores: Formal criteria 0–10; content-based criteria 0–14, total 0–24
  2. df degrees of freedom
  3. T-Test: *p < 0.05 **p < 0.001