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Table 3 Factors influencing choice of antipsychotic for patient/self

From: Choice of antipsychotic treatment by European psychiatry trainees: are decisions based on evidence?

 

Efficacy

Side-effect profile

Cost

 

Patient

Self

Patient

Self

Patient

Self

Most important

475

(84.8%)

404

(77.8%)

191

(34.5%)

237

(46.4%)

17

(3.2%)

13

(2.7%)

2nd most important

84

(15%)

115

(22.2%)

326

(59%)

258

(50.1%)

91

(17.2%)

69

(14.2%)

Least important

1

(0.2%)

0

36

(6.5%)

16

(3.1%)

422

(79.6%)

405

(83.2%)

  1. Respondents could choose more than one factor at each stage of importance; percentages reported are for those responding to the question