Perceived coercion to enter treatment among involuntarily and voluntarily admitted patients with substance use disorders

Table 2 Perceived Coercion Questionnaire (PCQ) scores

Variable	Involuntarily admitted	Voluntarily admitted	P-value
Self subscale	16.7 (5.0)	18.9 (4.4)	0.003
Family subscale	15.5 (6.0)	15.0 (6.4)	0.555
Legal subscale^a	5.6 (2.2)	3.1 (2.1)	0.001
Finance subscale	12.8 (5.5)	13.8 (5.9)	0.259
Health subscale^b	10.3 (3.5)	11.2 (3.1)	0.076
Work subscale	9.2 (5.2)	10.1 (5.1)	0.256
Total PCQ	76.2 (18.9)	78.0 (18.5)	0.536
Number of patients	63	129

Values represent the mean (standard deviation)
^aThe Legal subscale of the PCQ underwent minor revisions to account for differences in the Norwegian legal system (see Additional file 1)
^bThe Health subscale of the PCQ has been validated, but it was altered for the present study (see Additional file 1)

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