Abstract
Purpose:
Estimate the effect of nursing, shift, and patient characteristics on patients' aggression.
Design and Methods:
Follow-up study on a closed psychiatric ward was performed to estimate the effect of nursing team characteristics and patient characteristics on the incidence of aggression.
Findings:
The incidence of aggression (n = 802 in sample) was lower in teams with >75% male nurses. Teams scoring high on extraversion experienced more verbal aggression and teams scoring high on neuroticism experienced more physical aggression. Younger patients and/or involuntarily admitted patients were more frequently aggressive.
Practice Implications:
These findings could stimulate support for nurses to prevent aggression.
Estimate the effect of nursing, shift, and patient characteristics on patients' aggression.
Design and Methods:
Follow-up study on a closed psychiatric ward was performed to estimate the effect of nursing team characteristics and patient characteristics on the incidence of aggression.
Findings:
The incidence of aggression (n = 802 in sample) was lower in teams with >75% male nurses. Teams scoring high on extraversion experienced more verbal aggression and teams scoring high on neuroticism experienced more physical aggression. Younger patients and/or involuntarily admitted patients were more frequently aggressive.
Practice Implications:
These findings could stimulate support for nurses to prevent aggression.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2592-2600 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Perspectives in Psychiatric Care |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3-May-2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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