From: Shared decision making in pharmacotherapy decisions, perceived by patients with bipolar disorder
Characteristics | Sample, N = 81 | ||
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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 |