ปัจจัยคัดสรรที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับพฤติกรรมรุนแรงของผู้ป่วยจิตเภทในชุมชน / เวนิช บุราชรินทร์ = Selected factors related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community / Wenich Buracharin
The purposes of this descriptive correlational research were: 1) to examine the prevalence of violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community and 2) to study the relationships between selected factors including age, gender, history of violent behavior, substance abuse, medication adherence behavior, positive symptoms and negative symptoms with violent behavior. A total sample of 130 schizophrenic patients in community, who met the inclusion criteria, was drawn from out patient departments of Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry and Galya Rajanangarindra Institute. Research instruments consist of five questionnaires namely: 1) demographic data sheet, 2) The Violent Behavior Scale, 3) The Thai Version of the Positive Syndrome Scale, 4) The Thai Version of the Negative Syndrome Scale, and 5) The Medication Adherence Behavior Scale. All instruments were validated for content validity by 5 experts and tested for reliability. Statistic techniques utilized in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Contingency Coeffcient and Point Biserial Correlation. Findings were summarized as follows: 1. Prevalence rate of violent behavior among schizophrenic in community was 24.6% (32 subjects out of 130 subjects). 2. History of violent behavior was significantly related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community (C = .250, p < 0.01); age and medication adherence behavior were negatively related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community (r[subscript pb] = -.294 and r[subscript pb] = -.326 respectively, p < 0.01); positive symptoms was positively related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community (r[subscript pb] = .376, p < 0.01). 3. Gender, substance abuse and negative symptoms were not significantly related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community.