Table 2.
Clinical properties of the patients hospitalized voluntarily and involuntarily
| Variable | Voluntary hospitalization n (%) |
Involuntary hospitalization n (%) |
Analysis χ2sd p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | |||
| Psychotic disorders | 190 (43.4) | 48 (72.7) | 20.2 1 <0.001 |
| Bipolar disorder | 89 (20.3) | 13 (25.8) | 0.014 1 >0.05 |
| Major Depression | 81 (18.5) | - | |
| Anxiety disorders | 27 (6.2) | - | |
| Disorders related with substance use | 32 (7.3) | 1(1.5) | |
| Personality disorders | 8 (1.8) | - | |
| Other | 11(2,5) | - | |
| Psychiatric co-diagnosis | |||
| Yes | 79 (18) | 10 (15,2) | 0.328 1 0.567 |
| No | 359 (82) | 56 (848) | |
| Hospitalization period | (X±ss) | (X±ss) | t sd p |
| Psychotic disorder | 28.1±15.1 | 30.8±10.4 | −1.212 236 0.228 |
| Bipolar mood disorder | 24.3±13.8 | 26.4±13.9 | −0.522 100 0.602 |
| Total | 23.9±16.8 | 28.1±12.1 | −1.915 502 0.056 |