Table 1 Descriptive statistics of study population by region by time period
| Â | Admission time period | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995–1999 | 2000–2004 | 2005–2009 | 2010–2014 | Total | |
Patients by regions: N(%) | |||||
 Southern Finland | 64479(50.1) | 72788(52.2) | 60835(47.2) | 51965(48.0) | 250067(49.5) |
 Western Finland | 27810(21.6) | 29085(20.9) | 30701(23.9) | 26365(24.3) | 113961(22.6) |
 Eastern Finland | 19713(15.3) | 20036(14.4) | 19482(15.1) | 14527(13.4) | 73758(14.6) |
 Northern Finland | 16270(12.6) | 16919(12.2) | 16987(13.2) | 14774(13.6) | 64950(12.9) |
 Åland | 497(0.4) | 475(0.3) | 747(0.6) | 714(0.7) | 2433(0.5) |
 All regions | 128769(100.0) | 139303(100.0) | 128752(100.0) | 108345(100.0) | 505169(100.0) |
Female patient: % | 45.8 | 47.7 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 48.1 |
Patient age: mean ± SD | 43.4 ± 15.3 | 43.3 ± 15.5 | 44.2 ± 16.3 | 43.9 ± 17.2 | 43.7 ± 16.0 |
Patients received coercive measures by type: N(%) | |||||
 Seclusion | 8129(6.3) | 9489(6.8) | 9896(7.7) | 7206(6.7) | 34720(6.9) |
 Limb restraints | 5209(4.1) | 5891(4.2) | 4851(3.8) | 3162(2.9) | 19113(3.8) |
 Forced injection | 3160(2.4) | 3763(2.7) | 3056(2.4) | 2913(2.7) | 12892(2.6) |
 Physical restraints | 1295(1.0) | 1071(0.8) | 696(0.5) | 882(0.8) | 3944(0.8) |
 Any coercive method | 12598(9.8) | 13919(10.0) | 13240(10.3) | 9974(9.2) | 49731(9.8) |
Patients received multiple coercive measures: N(%) | |||||
 None | 116171(90.2) | 125384(90.0) | 115512(89.7) | 98371(90.8) | 455438(90.2) |
 One method | 8915(6.9) | 9312(6.7) | 9218(7.2) | 6850(6.3) | 34295(6.8) |
 Two methods | 2478(1.9) | 3227(2.3) | 2974(2.3) | 2199(2.0) | 10878(2.2) |
 Three methods | 898(0.7) | 1072(0.8) | 859(0.7) | 785(0.7) | 3614(0.8) |
 Four methods | 307(0.2) | 308(0.2) | 189(0.2) | 140(0.1) | 944(0.2) |
Patients received any coercive measures by region: N(%) | |||||
 Southern Finland | 5629(8.7) | 7674(10.5) | 6678(11.00) | 5056(9.7) | 250067(10.0) |
 Western Finland | 2955(10.6) | 2736(9.4) | 3151(10.3) | 2472(9.4) | 113961(9.9) |
 Eastern Finland | 2607(13.2) | 2262(11.3) | 2223(11.4) | 1360(9.4) | 73758(11.5) |
 Northern Finland | 1390(8.5) | 1231 (7.3) | 1142(6.7) | 1029(7.0) | 64950(7.4) |
 Åland | 17(3.4) | 16(3.4) | 46(6.16) | 57(8.0) | 2433(5.6) |