Quality of life, wellbeing, recovery, and progress for older forensic mental health patients: a qualitative investigation based on the perspectives of patients and staff

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Table I. Sample demographics.

PATIENTS (N = 37)		STAFF (N = 48)
Age	M = 59.8 SD = 3.9	Professions
Gender		Psychiatrists (PMD)	n = 7 (15%)
Male	n = 34(92%)	Psychologists (Psy)	n = 7 (15%)
Female	n = 3(8%)	Occupational Therapists (OT)	n = 8 (17%)
Ethnicity		Physiotherapist (Phy)	n = 1 (2%)
White	n = 30(81%)	Social Workers (SW)	n = 5 (10%)
Black, African, Caribbean, Black British	n = 6(16%)	Community Registered Mental .Nurses (C/RMN)	n = 5 (10%)
Mixed or multiple ethnic group	n = 1(3%)	Inpatients Registered Mental .Nurses.(RMN)	n = 12 (25%)
		Non-Clinical Staff (N/Clin)	n = 3 (6%)
Setting		Setting
High secure	n = 10(27%)	High secure (HS)	n = 8 (17%)
Medium secure	n = 9(24%)	Medium secure (MS)	n = 19 (40%)
Low secure	n = 8(22%)	Low secure (LS)	n = 13 (27%)
Community	n = 10(27%)	Community (C)	n = 8 (17%)
Mental health diagnosis ordered by ICD-10 categories1
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders	n = 1(3%)
Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use	n = 5(14%)
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders	n = 22(60%)
Mood [affective] disorders	n = 6(16%)
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders	n = 3(8%)
Personality disorders (Any)	n = 15(41%)
Dissocial	n = 5(14%)
Dependent	n = 3(8%)
Avoidant (anxious)	n = 5(14%)
Emotionally Unstable	n = 4(11%)
Paranoid	n = 4(11%)
Schizoid	n = 2(5%)

^aObservations greater than 37 and percentages greater than 100 as most patients had multiple diagnoses. N = 37.

Figure 1. Themes and subthemes from integrated staff and patient data.