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Table 3 Content-based criteria of 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

Involvement

36.0 %

67.8 %

33.7 %

17.4 %

51.2 %

95.93**

Medical history

79.3 %

88.1 %

48.8 %

62.0 %

75.2 %

58.38**

Current situation

100 %

100 %

99.4 %

100 %

100 %

2.79

Mental state

94.1 %

94.9 %

90.1 %

84.8 %

93.6 %

20.33*

Social network

44.8 %

44.1 %

16.9 %

23.9 %

35.2 %

56.69**

Justification for IC

97.0 %

96.6 %

95.3 %

94.6 %

96.8 %

4.06

Purpose of IC

94.6 %

91.5 %

87.8 %

89.1 %

94.4 %

9.68

Person of trust

39.9 %

32.2 %

29.7 %

32.6 %

20.0 %

26.38*

  1. Chi-Square-Test: *p < 0.05 **p < 0.001