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Table 3 The number of events in 2013 per agitation state and intervention line required to solve the event

From: In-patient costs of agitation and containment in a mental health catchment area

 

Number of events

States of agitation

Total

Anxiety and irritability

Moderate agitation

Agitation with aggression against objects

Agitation with aggression against persons

AAI

MA

AAO

AAP

Line of intervention

L1: VC + S

52

22

29

5

108

L2: VC + SC + S

52

30

145

18

245

L3: VC + SC + R + S

0

0

116

39

155

Total

104

52

289

63

508

  1. VC Verbal containment, S Surveillance, SC seclusion, R restraint