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Table 4 Correlation between quantitative variables and length of coercive measures. The Kruskal-Wallis Test

From: Clinical and demographic characteristics of secluded and mechanically restrained mentally ill patients: a retrospective study

Variables

Correlation Coefficient (hours)

P

Number of patients in ward

−0.10

0.830

Age of patients

−0.119

0.008

Origin of the patient

 

0.488

Years of education

 

0.433

Number of hospitalizations

−0.189

< 0.001

Duration of hospitalization

−0.255

< 0.001

Number of academic male nurses

−0.97

0.032

Number of academic female nurses

−0.128

0.004