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Table 2 Characteristics of patients and clinicians

From: Ethical acceptability of offering financial incentives for taking antipsychotic depot medication: patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives after a 12-month randomized controlled trial

Variable

Patients (n = 133)

Clinicians (n = 97)

Age, mean (SD) years

40.3 (9.4)

41.5 (12.5)

Gender, N (%)

 Male

99 (74)

35 (37)

 Duration of illness mean (SD), years

12.1 (8.3)

-

Diagnosis, N (%)

 - Schizophrenia paranoid type

75 (56.4)

-

 - Schizoaffective disorder

15 (11.3)

-

 - Psychotic disorder NOS

14 (10.5)

-

 - Schizophrenia disorganized type

9 (6.8)

-

 - Other schizophrenic disorder

20 (15.0)

-

Working experience, mean (SD), years

-

14.4 (11.4)

Job description, N (%)

 - Psychiatrist

-

9 (9)

 - Psychologist

-

11 (11)

 - Social worker

-

15 (15)

 - Social psychiatric nurse

-

20 (21)

 - Nurse

-

25 (26)

 - Intern

-

9 (9)

 - Other

-

8 (8)