Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample studied (N = 191).

	Global
Female, n (%)	121 (63.40)
Mean age (SD)	44.90 (15.30)
Education level, n (%) Primary studies Secondary studies University degree	45 (23.60) 93 (48.70) 53 (27.70)
Time as psychiatric patient (months), mean (SD)	85.90 (109)
Diagnosis, n (%) Schizophrenia Bipolar disorder Depressive disorder Anxiety disorder Personality disorder	22 (11.50) 9 (4.70) 72 (37.70) 66 (34.60) 7 (3.70)
Preferred role according to CPS, n (%) I prefer to make the final treatment decision I prefer to make the final treatment decision after seriously considering my doctor’s opinion I prefer that my doctor and I share responsibility for deciding which treatment is best I prefer that my doctor makes the final treatment decision, but seriously considers my opinion I prefer to leave all treatment decisions to my doctor	3 (1.60) 19 (9.90) 87 (45.50) 58 (30.40) 24 (12.60)
Experienced role according to modified CPS, n (%) I made the final treatment decision I made the final treatment decision after seriously considering my doctor’s opinion My doctor and I shared responsibility for deciding which treatment was best My doctor made the final treatment decision, but seriously considered my opinion My doctor made all treatment decisions	0 (0) 8 (4.20) 99 (51.80) 55 (28.80) 29 (15.20)