Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants

Gender	Female n (%)	Male n (%)
Patients	15 (48%)	16 (52%)
Carers	20 (91%)	2 (9%)
Clinicians	17 (52%)	16 (48%)
Age	Mean (standard deviation)
Patients	43 (12.3)
Carers	51 (15.8)
Clinicians	40 (10.4)
Carer relationship to the patient	N (%)
Mother	13 (59%)
Father	1 (5%)
Wife	2 (9%)
Partner	1 (5%)
Sister	2 (9%)
Daughter	2 (9%)
Sister and daughter	1 (5%)
Diagnosis	N (%)
Psychotic disorders	7 (23%)
Mood disorders	12 (39%)
Personality disorders	1 (3%)
Missing	11 (35%)
Experience of working in acute mental healthcare in years
	Mean (standard deviation)	Missing n (%)
Clinicians	9.5 (9.3)	10 (30%)