Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (n = 305)
Characteristics | |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 40 (12.6) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Female | 126 (41) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |
Norwegian | 264 (88) |
Other | 36 (12) |
Education, n (%) | |
Lower education | 226 (79) |
Higher education | 59 (21) |
The Clinical Global Impression Severity, n (%) | |
Normal/borderline/mildly/moderately | 175 (61) |
Markedly/severely/extremely | 114 (39) |
Total time in contact with services, n (%) | |
Less than 6 months altogether | 19 (6.5) |
6–23 months | 27 (9.2) |
2–5 years | 48 (16.4) |
6–10 years | 61 (20.8) |
More than 10 years | 138 (47.1) |
Community treatment orders, n (%) | |
Yes | 41 (14) |
No | 258 (86) |
Whether patient uses medication, n (%) | |
Yes | 281 (94.6) |
No | 16 (5.4) |
Quality of life, n (%) | |
Very much/much/quite dissatisfied | 54 (17.7) |
Both satisfied and dissatisfied | 99 (32.5) |
Quite/much/very much satisfied | 152 (49.8) |
Respected for desire not to use medication, n (%) | |
Strongly disagree | 63 (22) |
Disagree | 62 (22) |
Both agree and disagree | 60 (21) |
Agree | 56 (20) |
Strongly agree | 43 (15) |
The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8, total score, mean (SD) | 25.4 (4.8) |