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Table 1 The need for hospitalization, its form and length, and the likelihood of prescribing seclusion and/or restraint.

From: Attitude of young psychiatrists toward coercive measures in psychiatry: a case vignette study in Japan

Necessity of hospitalization

9 point scale (9 = strongly agree)

 

Overall (n = 183)

8.91 ± 0.3

 

   Designated physician for mental health (n = 60)

8.85 ± 0.5

p = 0.28

   Non-designated physician (n = 58)

8.93 ± 0.3

 

Form of admission

Out of 183 respondents

 

   Voluntary Hospitalization

0

 

   Medical Care and Protection

77 (42.1%)

 

   Ordered by Prefectural Governor

104 (56.8%)

 

   No answer

2 (1.1%)

 

Estimated length of hospitalization

Weeks

 

Overall (n = 183)

13.53 ± 6.4

 

   Designated physician for mental health (n = 60)

14.07 ± 7.3

p = 0.31

   Non-designated physician (n = 58)

12.88 ± 5.0

 

Likelihood of seclusion

9 point scale (9 = strongly agree)

 

Overall (n = 182)

8.43 ± 1.0

 

   Designated physician for mental health (n = 59)

8.51 ± 0.9

p = 0.35

   Non-designated physician (n = 58)

8.33 ± 1.2

 

Likelihood of restraint

9 point scale (9 = strongly agree)

 

Overall (n = 183)

5.14 ± 2.5

 

   Designated physician for mental health (n = 60)

4.98 ± 2.5

p = 0.37

   Non-designated physician (n = 58)

5.40 ± 2.4

 
  1. Survey results are expressed with a mean ± SD. P values were calculated with a Student's t-test between the two subgroups. No statistically significant differences were found.