Table 2.

Bivariate associations between demographic and clinical variables with patients’ preferences for patients with or without coercive experience (N = 161)

Predictor	Preference for forced medication
	N	OR	95% CI
No experience of coercive measures		3.6	1.7–7.6***
Experience of seclusion or forced medication	161	2.4	1.06–5.6**
Experience of seclusion		1.0	Reference
Male gender	158	1.0	0.5–1.9
Voluntary legal status	156	2.8	1.3–5.8***
Diagnosed with psychotic disorder	142	0.9	0.4–1.9
Age	156	0.9	0.9–1.0
GAF score >50	134	0.9	0.5–1.8
GAF score <50			Reference
Perceived coercion score	128	0.9	0.9–1.0*

* P < 0.25; ** P < 0.05; *** P < 0.01; coding: seclusion (0), forced medication (1)