Effects of therapeutic communication skills on violent behaviors in patients with schizophrenia

Objective To explore the effects of therapeutic communication skills on violent behaviors in patients with schizophrenia. Methods From January to December 2014 in one level three class A psychiatric hospital, 267 hospitalized male schizophrenic was selected as experimental group undergoing therapeutic communication skills, while another 258 hospital male schizophrenic who had homogenesis as patients in the experimental group at the same time in another ward were chosen as control group receiving routine nursing. The indexes of violent behaviors incidence and protective constraint usage rate were used to assess nursing effects. Results Violent behavior incidence was 32.58% in the experimental group which was apparently lower than 65.12% in the control group (χ2=55.59, P<0.01); the usage rate of protective constraint was 73.56% of the experimental group lower than 85.71% in the control group (χ2=5.63, P<0.01). Conclusions Therapeutic communication skills effectively reduce the incidence of violent behaviors in patients with schizophrenia and the usage of protective constraints. Therapeutic communication skills also can relieve the complications and tensions between doctors and patients, thus deserve the promotion in psychiatry nursing. Key words: Schizophrenia; Therapeutic communication skills; Incidence of violent behaviors; Usage of protective constraints