Abstract:
The purposes of this quasi experimental using the pretest posttest design research were: 1) to compare psychotic symptom of schizophrenic patients before and after received symptom management program, and 2) to compare psychotic symptom of schizophrenic patients who received symptom management program and those who received routine nursing care. The subjects were 40 schizophrenic patients receiving in inpatients, Psychiatric Hospital, who met the inclusion criteria, were matched pair and assigned to experimental group and control group, 20 subjects in each group. The experimental group received symptom management program.The control grouprecieved routine nursing care. Research instruments were 1) Symptom management program, 2) Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. The instruments were tested for content validity by 5 psychiatric experts. The Chronbachs Alpha coefficients reliability of the instrument was .82. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test. Major findings were as follow: 1. Psychotic symptom of schizophrenic patients who received symptom management program was significantly lower than before at the .05 level. 2. Psychotic symptom of schizophrenic patients who received symptom management program were significantly lower than those who received routine nursing care, at the .05 level.