title: [Single sex or mixed sex treatment in the psychiatric clinic from the viewpoint of patients].
abstract: Patients in a psychiatric hospital were surveyed by questionnaire to evaluate their preferences on separate or mixed-sex treatment. The adjusted response rate was 74.5%. About 75% of the responders preferred a mixed ward and about 25% preferred a single-sex ward. Females more frequently chose the type of ward to which they had been allocated. By contrast, males were in favour of mixed wards, independently of their present type of ward. Younger patients, voluntarily admitted patients, and those with substance addiction preferred mixed-sex wards. After mixing the sexes in formerly single-sex wards, a significant increase in preference of mixed-sex wards was found, due to increased affirmation by female patients. However, about 9% of women and men preferred single-sex treatment. Two open general psychiatric wards, each with 20 beds and separating females and males, could be established in psychiatric hospitals to satisfy this preference.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität Regensburg, Bezirksklinikum Regensburg. hermann.spiessl@bkr-regensburg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spiessl
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Frick
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: von Kovatsits
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vukovich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005858:Germany; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012931:Social Environment