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Table 1 Recruitment of discharged court-ordered criminally committed patients (from 2005–2015) to the follow-up (2022)

From: A 10-year comparison of short versus long-term court-ordered psychiatric hospitalization: a follow-up study

 

Short hospitalization

(less than 205 days)

Long hospitalization

(more than 205 days)

Number of patients

64

72

Response rate*

44 (73%)

51 (77%)

Refused to participate or could not be reached

17 (27%)

15 (21%)

Deceased (non-suicide)

2 (3%)

3 (4%)

Committed suicide

1 (1.5%)

1 (1.5%)

Arrested/ in custody

1 (1.5%)

1 (1.5%)

In closed rehabilitation facility

 

1 (1.5%)

  1. *Response rate calculated only of those patients who are alive and not arrested or institutionalized