Self-Care Symptom Management Strategies for Auditory Hallucinations Among Inpatients with Schizophrenia at a Veteransʹ Hospital in Taiwan

The purpose of this study was to explore self-care management strategies for auditory hallucinations (AHs) among inpatients with schizophrenia. Self-report and semistructured questionnaires were used to identify 36 self-management strategies of 200 inpatients with schizophrenia living at a veteransʹ hospital in Taiwan. The most commonly used management category was behavioral change and the most commonly used strategy was ignoring the AHs. The most common resource for strategies was self-learning. These results can help broaden health care providersʹ understanding about self-care management strategies for coping with AHs among inpatients with schizophrenia. Developing a manual containing selected self-care strategies and incorporating those strategies into cognitive–behavioral psychotherapy could be useful and beneficial to patients experiencing AHs.