TY - JOUR AU - Kanaree, Papitchaya AU - Tungpunkom, Patraporn AU - Sethabouppha, Hunsa PY - 2021/06/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effect of the Anger Management Program on Aggressive Behavior among Elderly Patients with Schizophrenia, Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital, Chiang Mai Province JF - Journal of Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi JA - JPNC VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Research Report (รายงานการวิจัย) DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pnc/article/view/248429 SP - 18–31 AB - <p>This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine the effect of the anger management program on aggressive behavior among elderly patients with schizophrenia, Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital, Chiang Mai Province. The samples consisted of 18 elderly patients with schizophrenia who received medical services at Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital and were equally divided into the experimental group (n = 9) and the control group (n = 9). The research instruments included the anger management program, the Thai Version of Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS-T) with reliability as .81, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the demographic record form, and the Overt Aggression Scale (OSA) with reliability as .80. The implementation and data collection were conducted from October to December, 2019. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Mann-Whitney U test.</p><p>The research results revealed that 1) after the experiment, the experimental group had statistically significant lower mean score of aggressive behavior than that of before the experiment (Z = -2.719, <em>p</em> &lt; .01), and 2) after the experiment, the experimental group had statistically significant lower mean score of aggressive behavior than that of the control group (Z = -3.289, <em>p</em> &lt; .01).</p><p>This research suggests that psychiatric personnel should apply the anger management program for reducing aggressive behavior among elderly patients with schizophrenia.</p> ER -