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Table 1 Comparison between the demographic and clinical characteristics of pre- and post-accreditation patients

From: Effect of accreditation on length of stay in psychiatric inpatients: pre-post accreditation medical record comparison

Variable

Study period

P value*

Pre-accreditation

Post-accreditation

n = 177 (%)

n = 182 (%)

Sex

  

0.999

 Male

82 (46.3)

84 (46.2)

 Female

95 (53.7)

98 (53.8)

Age (years)

  

0.590

 <25

50 (28.2)

59 (32.4)

 25–50

104 (58.8)

104 (57.1)

 >50

23 (13.0)

19 (10.5)

Marital status

  

0.352

 Single

98 (55.4)

112 (61.5)

 Divorced/separated

20 (11.3)

22 (12.1)

 Married

59 (33.3)

48 (26.4)

Diagnosis

  

0.089

 Organic disorders

6 (3.4)

11 (6.0)

 Psychotic disorders

78 (44.1)

61 (33.5)

 Affective disorders

73 (41.2)

94 (51.6)

 Others disorders

20 (11.3)

16 (8.8)

  1. * Level of statistical significance is 5 %