n = 66 | ||
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% | n | |
Age, years | ||
16–49 years | 42.4 | 28 |
50–64 | 39.4 | 26 |
65–79 | 10.6 | 7 |
80+ | 7.6 | 5 |
Gender | ||
Female | 62.5 | 40 |
Male | 37.5 | 24 |
Psychiatric main diagnosisb | ||
Personality disorder | 59.1 | 39 |
Mood disorder | 50.0 | 33 |
Psychotic disorder | 16.7 | 11 |
Autism spectrum disorder | 9.1 | 6 |
Other | 10.6 | 7 |
Secondary diagnosis | ||
No | 35.9 | 23 |
Yes | 64.1 | 41 |
Psychiatric | 45.3 | 29 |
Somatic | 9.4 | 6 |
Psychiatric and somatic | 9.4 | 6 |
Place of residence at the time of the request | ||
Home or with relatives | 62.1 | 41 |
Mental health facility | 24.2 | 16 |
Assisted living facility | 6.1 | 4 |
Psychiatric ward of a general hospital | 3.0 | 2 |
Other | 4.5 | 3 |
Time under treatment prior to the first explicit requestc | ||
< 1 month | 40.9 | 27 |
1–12 months | 28.8 | 19 |
> 12 months | 30.3 | 20 |
Expected life-expectancy at the time or request | ||
≤ 12 months | 3.0 | 2 |
> 12 months | 97.0 | 63 |
Ability to communicate substantively with the patient | ||
Good | 48.5 | 31 |
Reasonably good | 28.1 | 18 |
Moderately good | 20.3 | 13 |
Little to none | 3.1 | 2 |