International comparison of physicians’ attitudes toward refusal of treatment by patients with anorexia nervosa: a case-based vignette study

Table 2 The proportion of physicians in Japan, the UK, and the US who chose involuntary inpatient treatment in four situations

	Acute patients with AN			Severe and enduring patients with AN
	Patient’s family requested treatment	Patient’s family did not request treatment	McNemar’s test P-value	Patient’s family requested treatment	Patient’s family did not request treatment	McNemar’s test P-value
Japan (n = 55)
CT	53 (96%)^ab	46 (84%)^cd	p = .125	53 (96%)^ef	38 (69%)	p = 1.2 × 10⁻⁴
RW	2 (4%)	9 (16%)		2 (4%)	17 (31%)
UK (n = 84)
CT	65 (77%)^a	53 (63%)^c	p = .001	62 (74%)^e	56 (67%)	p = .063
RW	19 (23%)	31 (37%)		22 (26%)	28 (33%)
US (n = 82)
CT	54 (66%)^b	47 (57%)^d	p = .022	57 (69%)^f	55 (67%)	p = .022
RW	28 (34%)	35 (43%)		25 (31%)	27 (33%)
χ² test P value	χ² = 16.987; df = 2; p = 2.1 × 10⁻⁴	χ² = 14.656; df = 2; p = .005		χ² = 16.556; df = 2; p = .002	χ²(2) = 0.565; df = 2; p = .754

CT choice of compulsory inpatient treatment, RW respect for patient’s wishes, UK United Kingdom, US United States of America
^ap = .003 by Fisher’s exact test
^bp = 1.3 × 10⁻⁴ by Fisher’s exact test
^cp = .008 by χ² = 16.987; df = 1
^dp = 4.9 × 10⁻⁴ by Fisher’s exact test
^ep = .001, Fisher’s exact test
^fp = 4.9 × 10⁻⁴ by χ² = 15.703; df = 1

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