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Table 5 Percentage of patients involved in aggressive incidents (n = 2017)*

From: Frequency and severity of aggressive incidents in acute psychiatric wards in Switzerland

 

Patients involved in ...

 

... all incidents

... incidents with SOAS-R-severity ≥ 9

... physical attacks

... incidents requiring treatment of the victim

Incidents per patient

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

0

1755

87.0%

1827

90.6%

1881

93.3%

1977

98.0%

1

153

7.6%

130

6.4%

97

4.8%

34

1.7%

2

52

2.6%

70

3.5%

26

1.3%

6

0.3%

3–5

34

1.7%

18

0.9%

10

0.5%

  

6–10

16

0.8%

4

0.2%

2

0.1%

  

11–20

4

0.2%

3

0.1%

1

0.0%

  

>20

3

0.1%

      

Total

2017

100.0%

2017

100.0%

2017

100.0%

2017

100.0%

≥ 1 Incidence

262

13.0%

190

9.4%

136

6.7%

40

2.0%

Patients accounting for 50% of incidents

38

1.9%

41

2.0%

58

2.9

3

0.1%

  1. * Calculations based on index episode (one per patient); 636 incidents, 338 severe incidents, 185 physical attacks, 46 incidents requiring treatment