Description of sample and associations between background variables and patient-assessed scales*
| % (n) | Outcome, mean (SD) | Structure and facilities, mean (SD) | Patient-centred interaction, mean (SD) | |
| Gender | * | * | *** | |
| Men | 44.8 (693) | 56.6 (24.1) | 67.1 (19.5) | 56.2 (21.8) |
| Women | 55.2 (853) | 59.5 (22.3) | 69.5 (17.8) | 60.1 (20.0) |
| Age group | ns | ns | ns | |
| 18–24 years | 18.3 (284) | 55.4 (22.2) | 66.7 (18.0) | 58.2 (19.7) |
| 25–44 years | 48.2 (747) | 58.4 (23.3) | 67.9 (17.9) | 58.4 (20.5) |
| 45–66 years | 30.0 (465) | 59.6 (23.8) | 70.3 (20.1) | 59.0 (22.0) |
| 67 years or older | 3.5 (54) | 57.3 (20.1) | 68.5 (18.3) | 50.6 (22.2) |
| Civil status | *** | *** | ** | |
| Yes, married | 16.1 (248) | 62.4 (22.6) | 72.1 (17.3) | 61.5 (21.4) |
| Yes, cohabitant | 10.1 (156) | 61.8 (22.4) | 71.0 (16.8) | 62.6 (20.5) |
| No | 73.8 (1136) | 56.7 (23.3) | 67.3 (19.0) | 57.2 (20.7) |
| Main reason for admission | ns | *** | * | |
| Eating disorder | 6.5 (100) | 59.2 (21.7) | 67.0 (19.6) | 60.2 (19.1) |
| Drug-related problem | 6.8 (104) | 56.7 (26.1) | 62.6 (20.5) | 53.2 (20.7) |
| Anxiety and/or depression | 45.2 (692) | 58.4 (21.0) | 70.6 (16.9) | 60.2 (19.1) |
| Psychosis or schizophrenia | 21.5 (330) | 59.0 (23.1) | 68.1 (18.5) | 57.8 (20.6) |
| Other | 20.0 (306) | 59.2 (27.0) | 66.5 (20.7) | 56.8 (24.6) |
| Self-perceived mental health | *** | *** | *** | |
| Very poor | 10.1 (170) | 46.9 (24.4) | 63.9 (19.4) | 52.9 (21.4) |
| Quite poor | 25.8 (434) | 57.4 (20.5) | 69.7 (16.4) | 60.0 (18.7) |
| Both poor and good | 32.3 (544) | 61.0 (20.8) | 70.5 (17.6) | 60.9 (18.9) |
| Quite good | 15.8 (266) | 61.2 (23.6) | 66.6 (18.6) | 55.5 (22.5) |
| Very good | 7.8 (131) | 57.7 (33.4) | 64.2 (25.7) | 54.8 (28.5) |
| Overall current state | *** | *** | *** | |
| Very poor | 8.5 (132) | 39.4 (25.4) | 57.6 (22.0) | 48.3 (22.7) |
| Quite poor | 20.4 (315) | 52.6 (21.2) | 65.9 (18.2) | 55.9 (20.1) |
| Both poor and good | 36.1 (558) | 59.1 (20.7) | 70.4 (16.3) | 59.9 (19.2) |
| Quite good | 24.3 (376) | 64.5 (20.9) | 70.9 (17.6) | 60.6 (20.2) |
| Very good | 10.7 (165) | 66.6 (27.6) | 69.8 (22.2) | 61.0 (25.4) |
| Self-perceived mental health the last week before admission | *** | *** | *** | |
| Very poor | 38.0 (629) | 60.5 (22.2) | 70.6 (17.3) | 61.5 (19.7) |
| Quite poor | 27.9 (462) | 59.1 (20.0) | 69.3 (16.0) | 59.1 (18.3) |
| Both poor and good | 20.7 (343) | 58.9 (22.4) | 68.4 (18.4) | 57.3 (20.6) |
| Quite good | 8.4 (139) | 50.3 (27.3) | 60.6 (22.5) | 50.5 (24.1) |
| Very good | 5.0 (82) | 43.6 (35.3) | 56.2 (29.2) | 44.4 (29.8) |
| Previous admissions | ** | *** | * | |
| None | 26.6 (407) | 61.7 (21.3) | 72.0 (16.5) | 61.2 (20.1) |
| Once | 18.1 (277) | 56.9 (21.3) | 68.2 (17.2) | 58.7 (17.8) |
| Two times | 10.9 (167) | 54.0 (23.2) | 67.6 (17.5) | 57.1 (20.7) |
| Three to five times | 16.6 (254) | 58.0 (23.1) | 68.0 (19.0) | 56.8 (20.9) |
| More than five times | 27.9 (427) | 57.2 (25.9) | 65.8 (21.1) | 56.6 (23.4) |
| Duration of inpatient stay | * | * | ** | |
| Less than a day | 2.2 (36) | 50.9 (22.4) | 67.6 (21.2) | 55.1 (19.7) |
| 1–2 days | 5.8 (97) | 57.6 (21.6) | 70.0 (16.7) | 58.1 (19.7) |
| 3–7 days | 16.6 (276) | 54.6 (24.2) | 68.3 (18.5) | 55.1 (22.2) |
| 1–4 weeks | 36.1 (599) | 59.2 (21.9) | 69.9 (17.0) | 58.7 (20.3) |
| 1–6 months | 28.7 (477) | 59.9 (23.1) | 67.2 (19.8) | 60.9 (20.7) |
| 6 months or more | 10.5 (175) | 57.8 (25.8) | 64.9 (21.7) | 55.5 (21.3) |
| Admission type | ** | *** | *** | |
| Urgent | 48.6 (799) | 56.3 (23.9) | 65.6 (19.2) | 55.9 (21.4) |
| Planned | 51.4 (846) | 60.3 (22.1) | 71.0 (17.7) | 60.6 (19.9) |
*Patient-assessed scales scored 0–100, where 100 represents the best possible assessment.
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.
ns, not significant.