Factors Affecting Aggressive Behavior among Patients with Schizophrenia | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 58, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Pages 849-863 PDF (313.67 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.221688 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Islam Ragab Taha; Rania Abdel Hamid Zaki; Enaam Abdel lattif; Hoda Sayed Mohamed | ||
| Department of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing –Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Acts of violence and aggression committed by patients with schizophrenia is a major public health concern affecting patients, their families, treating clinicians as well as the community at large. The aim of the study: was to assess factors affecting aggressive behavior among patients with schizophrenia. Descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: El-Abbasia Mental Health Hospital. Subject: A convenience sample of 135 patients who were hospitalized at above mentioned setting. Tools: Data were collected using structured interview questionnaire tools, first tool was consisted of two parts to assess socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and second tool was to assess factors affecting aggressive behavior among patients with schizophrenia. Results: Majority of studied patients experience aggressive behavior inside the hospital, verbal aggression was the most common form of aggression inside the hospital, lessthan three fifth of patients with aggressive behavior was affected by moderate risk of static factors, less than three fifth of studied patients was affected by moderate risk of clinical and dynamic factors. Two third of patients with aggressive behavior was affected by mild risk of health team related factors and moderate risk of unit and environmental related factors. Conclusion: All the patients with schizophrenia understudy engaged in aggressive behaviors in the hospital at least twice and the most common type of aggressive behavior among them was verbal aggression .There are several factors that can affect and contribute to aggressive behavior among patients with schizophrenia including static factors, clinical and dynamic factors, health team related factors, unit and environmental related factors. Recommendations: This study recommended that the necessity for training staff nurse to deal with aggressive behaviors and to know when and how the use of coercive interventions, which might reduce recourse to seclusion and restraints | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Schizophrenia; Violence and aggression | ||
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