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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Shared decision making in pharmacotherapy decisions, perceived by patients with bipolar disorder

Characteristics

Sample, N = 81

N

%

SD

Gender

 Female

52

64.2

 

 Male

29

35.9

 

 Age (mean in years)

52.0

 

13.6

Ethnic origin

 Dutch

78

96.3

 

 American

1

1.2

 

 Asian

1

1.2

 

 African

1

1.2

 

Diagnosis

 Bipolar I

50

61.7

 

 Bipolar II

23

28.4

 

 Bipolar NOS

8

9.9

 

Clinician

 Psychiatrist

61

75.3

 

 Trainee

5

6.2

 

 Nurse practitioner

15

18.5

 

Time of consultation (mean in minutes)

40.1

 

15.2

Total duration of treatment (years)

  < 1

34

42.0

 

 1–5

33

40.7

 

 5–10

12

14.8

 

  > 10

2

2.5

 

Number of clinical admissions

 0

13

18.8

 

 1–3

49

71.1

 

 4–5

5

6.2

 

  > 5

2

2.4