Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied sample and legal justifications for use of direct coercion.

Characteristics	Total n/N (%)	No coercion n/N (%)	Coercion n/N (%)
Male sex	333/358 (93)	208/227 (91.6)	125/131 (95.4)
Age at admission (mean, SD)	33.99 (10.191)	34.40 (10.128)	33.27 (10.298)
Native country Switzerland	160/358 (44.7)	105/227 (46.3)	55/131 (42)
Single (at offense)	288/352 (80.4)	181/222 (81.5)	107/130 (82.3)
Legal justification for use of direct coercion
Endangerment of self			19/131 (14.5)
Threat of violence			74/131 (56.5)
Violence against others (physical)			52/131 (39.7)

SD, standard deviation; N, total study population; n, subgroup with characteristic.