Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample.

	n	%
Group of age (n = 208)
Up to and including 25 years	17	8.2
26–35 years	70	33.7
36–45 years	31	14.8
46–55 years	60	28.6
56 years and over	30	14.3
Gender (n = 208)
Female	87	41.8
Male	121	58.2
Professional group (n = 207)
Nurses	151	72.9
Doctors	24	11.6
Psychologists, social workers and co-therapists	25	12.1
Other members of mental healthcare teams	7	3.4
Previous experiences with the application of coercive
interventions (n = 202)
Yes	189	93.6
Participation in the additional training on the application of coercive
interventions (n = 209)
Yes	111	53.1
Participation in de-escalation training (n = 208)
Yes	169	81.3