Satisfaction of psychiatric inpatients in China: clinical and institutional correlates in a national sample

Jiang, Feng; Rakofsky, Jeffrey; Zhou, Huixuan; Hu, Linlin; Liu, Tingfang; Wu, Shichao; Zhao, Pengyu; Liu, Huanzhong; Liu, Yuanli; Tang, Yi-lang

doi:10.1186/s12888-019-2011-0

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Total satisfaction score and dimension score in subgroups and association analysis (mean ± standard deviation)

From: Satisfaction of psychiatric inpatients in China: clinical and institutional correlates in a national sample

Characteristics	Total satisfaction score	P-value	Global satisfaction score	P-value	Costs satisfaction score	P-value	Medical services satisfaction score	P-value	Privacy protection satisfaction score	P-value	Doctor-patient communication satisfaction score	P-value
Sex		0.378		0.271		0.986		0.265		0.257		0.547
Male	23.4 ± 2.4		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6
Female	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6
Marital status		0.471		0.960		0.611		0.443		0.437		0.304
Married	23.4 ± 2.3		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5
Single or others	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.5 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6
Education level		0.163		0.093		0.545		0.442		0.046*		0.325
Elementary school	23.8 ± 2.8		4.6 ± 0.6		4.5 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6		4.6 ± 0.6
Middle school	23.3 ± 2.2		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5
High school	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.5 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6
College or above	23.5 ± 2.4		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.6		4.8 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6
Insurance coverage		0.981		0.637		0.166		0.792		0.981		0.329
Self-pay	23.3 ± 2.3		4.7 ± 0.5		4.5 ± 0.8		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5
Others	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6
Hospitalization times		0.829		0.612		0.241		0.698		0.228		0.194
First psychiatric hospitalization	23.3 ± 2.4		4.7 ± 0.5		4.5 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5
Recurrent psychiatric admission	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.5 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6
Involuntary hospitalization		0.917		0.505		0.952		0.693		0.871		0.546
Yes	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6
No	23.3 ± 2.4		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6
Psychiatric diagnosis		0.724		0.866		0.628		0.826		0.633		0.016*
Schizophrenia or related disorders	23.3 ± 2.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6		4.6 ± 0.6
Mood disorders	23.4 ± 2.4		4.7 ± 0.5		4.5 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5
Others	23.4 ± 2.3		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6
Treatment response		0.003**		0.002**		0.289		0.001**		0.010*		0.003**
Marked improvement	23.5 ± 2.4		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.7 ± 0.5		4.8 ± 0.5		4.7 ± 0.6
Improvement	23.4 ± 2.4		4.6 ± 0.6		4.5 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.6		4.6 ± 0.6
Somewhat improvement	23.1 ± 2.6		4.5 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7		4.6 ± 0.6		4.7 ± 0.5		4.6 ± 0.7
No change or worse	22.5 ± 4.1		4.4 ± 1.2		4.5 ± 0.9		4.5 ± 0.9		4.6 ± 0.7		4.4 ± 0.7
Days of hospital stay^b	0.0	0.489	0.005	0.848	0.007	0.771	0.002	0.921	−0.017	0.491	−0.009	0.715
GAF(R)^b	0.0	0.277	0.0	0.631	0.0	0.915	0.0	0.105	0.0	0.192	0.1	0.001**
Age(R)^b	0.0	0.084	0.0	0.403	0.0	0.069	0.0	0.596	0.0	0.549	0.0	0.218
Number of times in physical restraints (R)^b	0.0	0.197	0.0	0.843	0.0	0.644	0.0	0.720	0.0	0.057	0.0	0.791
Number of seclusion times(R)^b	−0.1	< 0.001**	0.0	0.064	0.0	0.137	−0.1	0.002**	0.1	< 0.001**	−0.1	< 0.001**
Number of psychological treatment sessions(R)^b	0.1	0.007**	0.1	0.005**	0.1	0.005**	0.1	0.003**	0.1	0.002**	0.0	0.107
Number of ECT treatments(R)^a,b	−0.0	0.048*	0.0	0.275	0.0	0.108	0.0	0.104	0.0	0.286	−0.1	0.022*

^a Electric convulsive treatment
^b R, Spearman’s correlation coefficient
Bold values: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01

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