Prevalence and Associated Factors of Aggressive Behavior among Patients with Schizophrenia at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of study subjects in relation to aggressive behavior ().

Variables	(%)
Diagnosis
First episode	40 (9.9)
Second episode	141 (35.0)
Recurrent	222 (55.1)
History of aggression
Yes	70 (17.4)
No	333 (82.6)
Types of drug taken
Typical antipsychotic	300 (74.4)
Atypical antipsychotic	103 (25.6)
Nature of aggression
Verbal aggression	11 (10.28)
Aggression against objects	17 (15.89)
Autoaggression	15 (14.02)
Physical aggression	10 (9.35)
Both verbal & physical	6 (5.61)
Verbal/prop/physical	17 (15.89)
All types of aggression	31 (28.97)
Time of aggression
None	263 (65.3)
Morning	35 (8.7)
Afternoon	40 (9.9)
Evening/night	65 (16.1)
Current symptoms
No symptoms	297 (74.7)
Persecutory delusion	52 (13.2)
Command hallucination	54 (12.1)
Drug adherence
Nonadherence	208 (51.6)
Adherence	195 (48.4)
Social support
Poor support	163 (40.4)
Moderate support	157 (39.0)
Strong support	83 (19.6)
Current substance use
Yes	316 (78.5)
No	87 (21.5)