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Table 2 Formal criteria for involuntary admission documents (2013 sample; N = 651)

From: Quality criteria of involuntary psychiatric admissions - before and after the revision of the civil code in Switzerland

 

Psychiatrists

Psychiatric Institutions

Hospital doctors

General practitioners

Emergency physicians

Chi2

Patients’ personal data

97.0 %

91.5 %

95.3 %

95.7 %

95.2 %

12.00

Patient examination

94.6 %

94.9 %

91.9 %

95.7 %

98.4 %

7.95

Personal data of issuing party

94.1 %

84.7 %

94.2 %

96.7 %

96.8 %

14.43

Instruction on legal remedy

74.4 %

74.6 %

85.5 %

70.7 %

84.8 %

13.92*

Signature

100.0 %

96.6 %

99.4 %

98.9 %

99.2 %

7.10

  1. Chi-Square-Test: *p < 0.05