How do patients and families evaluate attitude of psychiatrists in Japan?: quantitative content analysis of open-ended items of patient responses from a large-scale questionnaire survey

Table 1 Frequencies of patient responses to open-ended items

	Psychiatrist selection criteria (n = 784, response rate: 29.2%)	Attitude of the psychiatrist in charge (n = 929, response rate: 34.6%)	Communication skills of the psychiatrist in charge (n = 739, response rate: 27.5%)
Gender
Female	359	472	362
Male	425	457	377
Age classification
Under 20s'	52	54	41
From 30s' to 40s'	454	566	450
From 50s' to 60s'	264	299	236
Over 70s'	14	10	12
Diagnosis group
Schizophrenia group^a	487	581	469
Bipolar disorder group^b	189	216	163
Other group^c	96	121	98
Non-disclosure	12	11	9

^aIncluding schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
^bIncluding major depressive disorder, manic and bipolar disorder
^cIncluding anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobia, obsessive–compulsive disorder, PTSD, feeding and eating disorders, personality disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders and seizure disorder

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