Table 2 Mean scores and 95% confidence intervals of patients’ preference ratings for psychiatrists with optimistic and cautious treatment presentations, separated for new and long-term patients, and each for different subgroups of patients
New patients | Long-term patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Optimistic suggestion | Cautious suggestion | Optimistic suggestion | Cautious suggestion | |||
n | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | n | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |
Overall* | 100 | 11.5 (11.0, 11.9) | 10.1 (9.6, 10.6) | 100 | 10.4 (9.9, 10.9) | 10.4 (9.9, 10.9) |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 40 | 11.1 (10.3, 11.8) | 10.4 (9.6, 11.2) | 48 | 9.9 (9.2, 10.7) | 10.3 (9.6, 11.1) |
Male | 60 | 11.7 (11.1, 12.4) | 9.9 (9.2, 10.6) | 52 | 10.8 (10.1, 11.4) | 10.5 (9.9, 11.1) |
Age group | ||||||
18–40 | 65 | 11.4 (10.9, 12.0) | 9.7 (9.0, 10.3) | 54 | 10.1 (9.5, 10.8) | 10.1 (9.4, 10.8) |
> 40 | 35 | 11.5 (10.5, 12.5) | 10.9 (10.0, 11.9) | 46 | 10.7 (9.9, 11.4) | 10.8 (10.1, 11.4) |
School leaving age | ||||||
< 16 | 29 | 11.1 (9.9, 12.2) | 10.9 (9.8, 12.1) | 35 | 10.5 (9.7, 10.9) | 10.9 (10.2, 11.7) |
> 16 | 71 | 11.6 (11.1, 12.1) | 9.7 (9.2, 10.3) | 65 | 10.3 (9.7, 10.9) | 10.1 (9.5, 10.7) |
Diagnosis (ICD-10) | ||||||
F2 | 24 | 11.8 (10.8, 12.8) | 10.4 (9.2 11.6) | 22 | 11.5 (10.4, 12.6) | 9.8 (8.7, 10.9) |
Other | 76 | 11.3 (10.8, 11.9) | 10.0 (9.4, 10.6) | 78 | 10.1 (9.5, 10.6) | 10.6 (10.0, 11.1) |