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Table 1 Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) and Interpersonal Trust in Physician (ITP) six months before a hearing (T0), two weeks before (T1) and two weeks after (T2) a hearing.

From: Working alliance, interpersonal trust and perceived coercion in mental health review hearings

 

Mental Health Tribunal

n = 17

Mental Health Review Board,

n = 58

All

n = 75

 

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

Patient rates consultant psychiatrist

WAI

57.2(14.9)

56.3(18.2)

51.2(21.8)

60.8(15.8)

64.7(17.5)

64.0(15.8)

59.9(15.6)

63.3(17.2)

61.1(17.9)

ITP

35.6(7.1)

36.7(7.7)

32.1(9.0)

39.4(6.9)

39.9(8.0)

39.4(8.7)

38.5(7.1)

39.5(7.6)

37.8(9.2)

Patient rates primary nurse

WAI

58.6(16.7)

56.7(19.2)

51.6(19.9)

63.1(13.7)

64.3(16.4)

63.7(15.5)

61.9(14.5)

62.9(16.5)

60.9(17.2)

ITP

36.4(6.5)

36.3(6.9)

33.9(7.6)

38.6(5.0)

39.6(8.2)

38.4(8.4)

38.1(5.5)

39.2(7.5)

37.4(8.4)

Patient rates doctors in general

ITP

40.2(7.6)

37.7(6.4)

35.8(8.7)

40.1(6.8)

41.3(8.9)

41.4(8.6)

40.1(6.9)

40.9(7.9)

40.2(8.9)

Consultant psychiatrist rates patient

WAI

43.7(15.7)

43.9(18.3)

41.5(18.2)

55.1(15.0)

55.8(14.0)

56.5(15.1)

52.6(15.8)

53.2(15.8)

53.1(16.9)

ITP

22.0(8.1)

21.2(6.3)

19.2(7.1)

28.5(8.6)

29.8(8.1)

30.0(9.3)

27.0(8.9)

27.9(8.5)

27.6(9.9)

Primary nurse rates patient

WAI

51.3(10.3)

48.7(14.2)

48.4(14.6)

58.2(13.4)

57.1(13.9)

57.9(12.3)

56.6(13.0)

55.2(14.3)

55.8(13.3)

ITP

24.8(4.1)

26.4(5.5)

26.9(7.8)

31.6(7.2)

32.2(7.4)

31.9(7.9)

30.0(7.2)

30.9(7.4)

30.8(8.1)

  1. Means and standard deviations.