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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Asian J Psychiatr. 2015 Feb 3;14:36–41. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.01.005

Table 3.

Qualitative analysis of various risk factors

Major themes Number (%)

HISTORY OF RISK OF VIOLENCE(EVER)

1. Irritabilty 116 (42.96)

2. Verbal violence

A) Abusing 69 (25.5)
B) Threatening to hit 21 (7.77)
C) Verbal fights 7 (2.59)

3. Nonverbal violence
Physically hitting others/ Throwing articles unaimed 101 (34.4)/ 48 (17.7)
Hitting others with some objects/ Banging head 22 (8.14)/ 3 (1.11)
Breaking articles or glass pane/ Hitting self with articles/ Bite/slap self 2 (0.74)/ 2 (0.74)/ 1 (0.37)

HISTORY OF RISK OF SELF NEGLECT (EVER)

Did not take bath /change clothes/ brush teeth 132(48.88)/ 83(30.74)/ 31(11.48)

Did not eat food/comb hair/no interaction/not maintaining menstrual hygiene 28(10.37)/ 19(7.03)/ 12(4.44)/ 12(4.44)

HISTORY OF RISK OF GETTING HARMED/INJURED(EVER)

Wandering aimlessly/ head banging/hitting self 60(22.22)/ 18(6.66)/ 13(4.81)

Attempt suicide/jumping from height(acting out)/setting fire 11(4.07)/ 6(2.22)/ 6(2.22)

HISTORY OF RISK FROM OTHERS(EVER)

From normal population/ mentally ill people in family, neighborhood 22(31.42)/ 4(1.48)

PLANS OF HARMING THEMSELVES

Execution of act of self-harm/threaten/ recurring plan with expression but not execution 22(31.42)/ 7(2.59)/ 3(1.11)