Department of Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Med J Aust. 2009;191(11-12):692-4. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03385.x.
The belief that the full moon and disturbed behaviour are closely linked is alive and well, despite studies to the contrary. We investigated the possibility that there is an association between only extreme behavioural disturbance and the full moon.
DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: We undertook an observational study of patients with violent and acute behavioural disturbance who presented to the emergency department of Calvary Mater Newcastle and patients with less severe behaviour for whom hospital security calls were made.
Proportion of patients for whom presentation or security call occurred in each lunar phase, modelled as a Poisson process.
Of 91 patients with violent and acute behavioural disturbance, 21 (23%) presented during the full moon--double the number for other lunar phases (P = 0.002). Sixty (66%) had either alcohol intoxication or psychostimulant toxicity, and five attacked staff (biting [2], spitting [1], kicking [1] and scratching [1]). In contrast, 512 hospital security calls for patients with less severe behaviour were evenly distributed throughout the lunar cycle.
Violent and acute behavioural disturbance manifested more commonly during the full moon.
尽管有研究对此提出了质疑，但满月与行为紊乱之间存在密切关联的观点仍然存在。我们研究了满月与极端行为紊乱之间是否存在关联的可能性。
设计、地点和参与者：我们对因暴力和急性行为紊乱而到卡瓦利 Mater 纽卡斯尔急诊部就诊的患者以及因行为不那么严重而被医院安保人员呼叫的患者进行了一项观察性研究。
以泊松过程为模型，各月相对患者就诊或安保呼叫的比例。
91 例因暴力和急性行为紊乱而就诊的患者中，有 21 例（23%）出现在满月期间——是其他月相的两倍（P = 0.002）。60 例（66%）患者存在酒精中毒或苯丙胺类兴奋剂中毒，5 例患者攻击了医护人员（咬 [2] 人、吐口水 [1] 、踢人 [1] 和抓人 [1]）。相比之下，512 例因行为较轻而被医院安保人员呼叫的患者的就诊时间在整个月相周期中分布均匀。
暴力和急性行为紊乱在满月期间更为常见。
