title: The Nursing Diagnosis Disturbed Thought Processes in Psychiatric Patients: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the frequency of the nursing diagnosis disturbed thought processes (DTP) (00130) in a sample of psychiatric and psychogeriatric patients in medium- and long-term units and to describe those factors associated with its presence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A secondary analysis of the data obtained in a multicentric and cross-sectional study developed in Spain was undertaken.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total sample was 624 patients, from which 39.4% (n = 246) had the nursing diagnosis DTP. A statistically significant relationship between the presence of DTP and different variables was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nursing diagnosis DTP is very frequent among psychiatric and psychogeriatric institutionalized patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with DTP may require a more complex nursing attention as its presence is associated with specific care needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escalada-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra.
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marín-Fernández
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Disturbed thought processes; mental health; nursing diagnoses; psychiatric nursing