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Table 6 Nursing Diagnoses (NANDA) versus dimensions of the Corrigan Agitated Behaviour Scale

From: NANDA nursing diagnoses associated with the occurrence of psychomotor agitation in patients with severe mental disorder: a cross-sectional study

Disinhibition (dimension 1)

P

Minor

Moderate

Severe

• Violence directed at professionals

0,061

16%

40%

43.33%

• Self-directed violence

0,016

20%

10.59%

33.33%

• Violence directed at other patients

0,647

20%

29.41%

26.67%

• Violence directed at the environment

0,419

24%

36.47%

40%

Aggressiveness (dimension 2)

P

Minor

Moderate

Severe

• Violence directed at professionals

0,000

0%

28.17%

54.39%

• Self-directed violence

0,017

33.33%

8.45%

24.56%

• Violence directed at other patients

0,041

0%

25.35%

35.09%

• Violence directed at the environment

0,014

0%

33.80%

43.86%

Lability (dimension 3)

P

Minor

Moderate

Severe

• Violence directed at professionals

0,038

17.39%

44.19%

29.03%

• Self-directed violence

0,012

17.39%

12.79%

29.03%

• Violence directed at other patients

0,011

13.04%

36.05%

12.90%

• Violence directed at the environment

0,012

8.70%

38.37%

45.16%