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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of the samples studied (n = 224; 159 public psychiatry patients and 72 private psychiatry patients)

From: Exploring patterns in psychiatric outpatients’ preferences for involvement in decision-making: a latent class analysis approach

 

Global

Public

Private

P value

Women, n (%)

139 (62.1)

94 (61.8)

45 (62.5)

.523a

Mean age (SD)

44,4 (15.1)

41,2 (13.9)

51,3 (15.1)

<.001b

Education level, n (%)

Primary studies

55 (24.6)

37 (24.3)

18 (25.0)

.004a

Secondary studies

103 (46.0)

80 (52.6)

23 (31.9)

 

University degree

66 (29.5)

35 (23.0)

31 (43.1)

 

Time as psychiatric patient (moths), mean (SD)

77,9 (106)

73.3 (104)

89.8 (110)

.340b

Number of psychiatric drugs used, mean (SD)

1.7 (1.3)

1.88(1.4)

1.85(.9)

.855b

Diagnosis, n (%)

Schizophrenia

24 (11.9)

18 (14.0)

6 (8.3)

.546a

Bipolar disorder

10 (5.0)

6 (4.7)

4 (5.6)

 

Depressive disorder

80 (39.8)

53 (41.1)

27 (37.5)

 

Anxiety disorder

78 (39.3)

46 (35.7)

33 (45.8)

 

Personality disorder

8 (4.0)

6 (4.7)

2 (2.8)

 

Preferences of Involvement in SDM, according CPS, n (%)

Active

20 (9.1)

18 (12.1)

2 (2.9)

<.001a

Active-Active

5 (2.3)

4 (2.7)

1 (1.4)

 

Active-Collaborative

15 (6.8)

14 (9.4)

1 (1.4)

 

Collaborative

107 (48.9)

81 (54.4)

26 (37.1)

 

Collaborative-Active

21 (9.6)

13 (8.7)

8 (11.4)

 

Collaborative-Passive

86 (39.3)

68 (45.6)

18 (25.7)

 

Passive

92 (42.0)

50 (33.6)

42 (60.0)

 

Passive-Collaborative

64 (29.2)

38 (25.5)

26 (37.1)

 

Passive-Passive

28 (12.8)

12 (8.1)

16 (22.9)

 

Health Beliefs Questionnaire Dimensions, mean (SD)

Internal health locus of control

13.0 (4.0)

12.7 (4.0)

13.6 (3.9)

.119b

Doctors health locus of control

14.6 (3.7)

14.1 (3.8)

15.6 (3.1)

.003b

Psychological reactance

10.3 (3.7)

10.5 (3.8)

9.9 (3.6)

.280b

Positive aspects of medications

20.2 (6.3)

19.0 (6.2)

22.8 (5.7)

<.001b

Negative aspects of medications

9.5 (4.3)

9.4 (4.4)

9.6 (4.2)

.642b

  1. a Chi-square
  2. b Mann–Whitney U
  3. Abbreviations: n number of patients, SD standard deviation, SDM Shared Decision-Making, CPS Control Preferences Scale, Sig significance