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Relationship between heart rate variability and aggressive behavior among patients with schizophrenia hospitalized in acute wards
Author(s) -
Wang HsiaoTzu,
Yang ChienMing,
Chen KaiRen,
Chueh KeHsin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12433
Subject(s) - aggression , heart rate variability , morning , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , heart rate , medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychology , blood pressure
Purpose To explore the state of mental treatment, heart rate variability (HRV), level of aggressive behavior, and their relationships among hospitalized patients with schizophrenia. Design and Methods This study adopted a follow‐up design and convenience sampling. Thirty‐three subjects completed the questionnaire, and their HRV indices were measured. Findings Patients’ psychiatric symptoms showed a significant downward trend after hospitalization ( P = .003). The standard deviation of the normal‐to‐normal intervals in the morning was significantly correlated with overall aggression, physical aggression, and verbal aggression. Practice Implications HRV can be regularly monitored among inpatients with schizophrenia with a risk of high aggression as an indicator of possible aggressive behavior.