Table 2

Frequency of aggressive behaviour and coercive measures before and after conceptual change in patients with personality disorders [ICD-10 F 6]


1.11.2004–31.10.2005
1.11.2005–31.10.2006
Change

Treatment episodes
N = 127
N = 147
+ 15.7%
affected by mechanical restraint
6.3%
3.4%
-46%
affected by seclusion
15.0%
2.7%
-82%
[p < .001]
Mean duration of mechanical restraint
3.7 h
12.4 h
+ 230%
[p < .01]
Mean duration of seclusion
17.0 h
8.1 h
-52%
Mean number of any kind of coercive interventions per affected patient
4.9
2.3
-53%
Total number of coercive interventions
120
17
-86%
Suicide attempt1
10.0%
7.6%
-24%
Violent threat1
5.0%
4.5%
-10%
Violence against objects1
5.0%
4.5%
-10%
Violence against persons1
7.0%
3.8%
-45.7%
Involuntary commitment1
11.0%
3.8%
-65.5%
[p < .05]

1 reduced n available for this item: 100 before/132 after intervention

Steinert et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:27   doi:10.1186/1745-0179-4-27