Evidence based practice is the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care, the two nursing practice with evidence based practice that help improved my patient outcomes are explained below
The authors enrolled two hundred subject to study the course of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)over a period of a four year period. this study include individuals who had delusional variant of BDD ,researchers first interviewed the subject in person and then assessed them weekly for severity of symptoms and for ongoing psychiatric treatment .they evaluated suicidal ideation and the severity of suicidal symptoms
During intake 147 out of 185 subjects reported a history of suicidal ideation.51 had a history of suicidal attempt. The researcher subject identified the focus of the BDD symptoms as the precipitating cause of the suicidal attempts .on conclusion of study, two male subject were receiving psychiatric care had completed suicide.9 subjects attempted suicide during study period with a total of thirty suicidal attempt among them .of the 185 individual in the study group,167 received psychiatric care during the course of study
The study concluded that individual with BDD have a high risk of suicidal completion .this patients present with risk factors other than the symptoms of BDD such as multiple psychiatric hospitalization, they are often single or divorced and they have poor social support, poor self esteem a high anxiety level depression and hostility.
It is important for the nursing staff to thoroughly asses the patient with BDD for suicidal ideation and level of risk .it is imperative for staff members to monitor their on reaction to an individual with bdd
If a staff member does not understand the intensity of perception of the body deformity by the patient, then the fractioned may not understand the level of stress that the patient