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Table 5 Prevalence of aggressive behavior in FPA patients, as expressed by MOAS. Percentages are calculated on patients valuable for MOAS, i.e. with MOAS fully compiled both at admission and discharge.

From: Main clinical features in patients at their first psychiatric admission to Italian acute hospital psychiatric wards. The PERSEO study

 

FPA patients (N = 236)

Non-FPA patients (N = 2089)

MOAS scores, N (%)

  

Verbal

89 (37.7%)

791 (37.9%)

Against Properties

53 (22.5%)

373 (17.9%)

Against Self

48 (20.3%)

318 (15.2%)

Against Other People

53 (22.5%)

424 (20.3%)

Total Score

116 (49.1%)

962 (46.1%)