Table 2.
Antecedents
| A. Antecedent patient mood in the different types of harm/damage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous mooda | Self‐inflicted harm | Harm/damage to other people/objects | Harm to communication taking place | Harm to an activity taking place |
| Calm | 49% | 84% | 76% | 52% |
| Agitated | 51% | 16% | 24% | 48% |
| B. Situational antecedents in the different types of harm/damage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antecedentsb | Self‐inflicted harm | Harm/damage to other people/objects | Harm to communication taking place | Harm to an activity taking place |
| Behavioral evocation | 29% | 9% | 20% | 30% |
| Change of position | 7% | 0% | 2% | 19% |
| Pressure to perform | 29% | 13% | 85% | 61% |
| Opportunity | 56% | 97% | 0% | 11% |
| Emptiness/boredom | 7% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| Urgency/confusion | 24% | 3% | 22% | 11% |
| Other | 17% | 0% | 7% | 11% |
Note: Percentages are calculated on the observations' total number for each harm/damage category.
a
Despite LND children are considered to display poor mood control, the antecedent mood before an LNB is more frequently calm than agitated.
b
The simple opportunity is the most frequent situational antecedent in case of self‐injurious behavior and harm to other/object. The pressure to perform is always badly tolerated and frequently predisposing to harm to communication and to an activity in progress.