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Table 1 Description of the participants

From: Correcting biases in psychiatric diagnostic practice in Northwest Russia: Comparing the impact of a general educational program and a specific diagnostic training program

 

Intervention group (N = 45)

Control group (N = 39)

Total (N = 84)

Sex Male:female ratio

0,73

0,95

0,83

Age (Mean ± SD)

45,6 ± 11,9

42,5 ± 12,0

44,2 ± 12,0

Experience as specialist

   

Years as medical doctor (Mean ± SD)

20,0 ± 10,8

17,0 ± 11,7

18,6 ± 11,3

Years as specialist (Mean ± SD)

15,4 ± 9,6

14,7 ± 10,0

15,0 ± 9,8

Worked more than 4 years in psychiatry N (%)

42 (93, 3%)

36 (92, 3%)

78 (92, 9%)

Worked more than 15 years in psychiatry N (%)

21 (46, 7%)

17 (43, 6%)

38 (45, 2%)

Main experience

Number of persons/percent

Number of persons/percent

Number of persons/percent

Severe mental illness

23 (51, 1%)

16 (41, 0%)

39 (46, 4%)

Addiction

2 (4, 4%)

3 (7, 7%)

5 (6, 0%)

Neurosis

3 (6, 7%)

2 (5, 1%)

5 (6, 0%)

Gerontopsychiatry

4 (8, 9%)

1 (2, 6%)

5 (6, 0%)

Other

13 (28, 9%)

17 (43, 6%)

30 (35, 6%)

Current work place

Number of persons/percent

Number of persons/percent

Number of persons/percent

Hospital

19 (42, 2%)

16 (41, 0%)

35 (41, 7%)

Community mental health centers

14 (31, 1%)

12 (30, 8%)

26 (31, 0%)

District psychiatrists

5 (11, 1%)

3 (7, 7%)

8 (9, 5%)

Other

7 (15, 6%)

8 (20, 5%)

15 (13, 2%)