Table 3.

Sociodemographic, clinical, and contextual characteristics of the study sample and sub-sample with at least one involuntary hospitalization

	Full sample (n = 3871)		Respondents with ≥ 1 involuntary hospitalization (n = 604)
	n	%	n	%
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
Women	1977	51.1	249	41.2
Men	1894	48.9	355	58.8
Age
15–29	679	17.5	112	18.5
30–49	1802	46.5	317	52.5
50–64	826	21.3	117	19.4
≥ 65	565	14.6	58	9.6
Marital status
Single	1702	45.5	356	61.0
Married/cohabitating	1222	32.6	113	19.3
Divorced/separated/widowed	819	21.9	115	19.7
Education
None or primary education	773	31.9	84	21.3
Basic education	858	35.4	143	36.2
Secondary education	404	16.7	77	19.5
Higher education	390	16.1	91	23.0
Employment status
Workers or students	1076	31.3	165	29.4
Unemployed	915	26.6	180	32.0
Retired or others	1445	42.1	217	38.6
Clinical characteristics
Psychiatric diagnosis
Mood and anxiety disorders	1603	41.7	154	25.6
Dementia	204	5.3	15	2.5
Substance use disorders	335	8.7	45	7.5
Psychosis	1269	33.0	338	56.1
Other mental disorders	433	11.3	50	8.3
Suicide attempt
Yes	610	16.4	51	8.6
No	3117	83.6	545	91.4
Contextual characteristics
Year
2002	1188	30.7	115	19.0
2007	1309	33.8	226	37.4
2012	1375	35.5	263	43.5
Psychiatric service
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental EPE	523	13.5	138	22.8
Hospital de Magalhães Lemos EPE	1556	40.2	177	29.3
Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa	991	25.6	138	22.8
Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE	462	11.9	88	14.6
Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Alentejo EPE	340	8.8	63	10.4