A Pilot Study to Calculate the sample size for the Prevalence of Aggression in Psychiatric Outpatient Setting.
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Dans Anglais
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| ID: sea-159674
ABSTRACT
Background:
There is a rise in the number of invisible mental health problems like aggression in a developing country like India. There is scarce data available on the prevalence of aggression in psychiatric patients which has been collected in a systematic manner.Objective:
A pilot study to calculate the sample size for the prevalence of aggression in psychiatric outpatient setting in a General Hospital Psychiatric Unit using Modified Overt Aggression Scale in twenty patients.Results:
The prevalence of aggression was 20% in the pilot study.Conclusions:
This pilot study enabled us to calculate the sample size accurately. This also facilitated the investigator to handle the shortcomings and modify the research protocol accordingly.
Texte intégral:
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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Services de consultations externes des hôpitaux
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Humains
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Projets pilotes
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Prévalence
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Taille de l'échantillon
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Agressivité
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Inde
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Services de santé mentale
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
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Facteurs de risque
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Année:
2012
Type:
Article
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