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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients evaluated by physicians with and without mentalization training

From: Measuring patient satisfaction in an outpatient psychiatric clinic. What factors play a role?

Patients

Physician’s mentalization training

p-value

No (N = 90)

Yes (N = 67)

Age

42.2 ± 15.7

39.8 ± 14.9

0.348

Gender (male)

38 (42%)

21 (31%)

0.164

Hx of abuse

28 (31%)

29 (43%)

0.117

Drug use

29 (32%)

16 (24%)

0.253

Hx of hospitalization

28 (31%)

9 (13%)

0.010

Axis II Dx

14 (16%)

19 (28%)

0.052

Substance abuse

27 (30%)

10 (15%)

0.028

AUDIT

2.2 ± 2.5

3.7 ± 5.2

0.088

PHQ-9

11.5 ± 7.2

10.9 ± 5.9

0.735

GAD-7

10.3 ± 7.2

9.5 ± 5.9

0.513