Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
Gender | Female n (%) | Male n (%) |
Patients | 15 (48%) | 16 (52%) |
Carers | 20 (91%) | 2 (9%) |
Clinicians | 17 (52%) | 16 (48%) |
Age | Mean (standard deviation) | Â |
Patients | 43 (12.3) | Â |
Carers | 51 (15.8) | Â |
Clinicians | 40 (10.4) | Â |
Carer relationship to the patient | N (%) | |
Mother | 13 (59%) | |
Father | 1 (5%) | |
Wife | 2 (9%) | |
Partner | 1 (5%) | |
Sister | 2 (9%) | |
Daughter | 2 (9%) | |
Sister and daughter | 1 (5%) | |
Diagnosis | N (%) | |
Psychotic disorders | 7 (23%) | |
Mood disorders | 12 (39%) | |
Personality disorders | 1 (3%) | |
Missing | 11 (35%) | |
Experience of working in acute mental healthcare in years | ||
| Â | Mean (standard deviation) | Missing n (%) |
Clinicians | 9.5 (9.3) | 10 (30%) |