Attitudes of clinical staff towards the causes and management of aggression in acute old age psychiatry inpatient units

Attitudes of clinical staff toward the causes and management of aggression in acute old age psychiatry inpatient units

BACKGROUND In psychiatry, most of the focus on patient aggression has been in adolescent and adult inpatient settings. This behaviour is also common in elderly people with mental illness, but little research has been conducted into this problem in old age psychiatry settings. The attitudes of clinical staff toward aggression may affect the way they manage this behaviour. The purpose of this stu...

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Psychiatric staff on the wards does not share attitudes on aggression

BACKGROUND The concept of ward culture has been proposed as a reason for the often reported differences in treatment decisions when managing inpatient aggression. We therefore studied whether staff on wards actually shares similar perceptions and attitudes about aggression and whether the specialty of the ward on which the staff members work influences these opinions. METHODS The Attitudes To...

An international comparative study on the reliability and validity of the attitudes towards aggression scale.

One of the factors known to be associated with the management of patient aggression is the attitude of staff members towards the aggressive behaviour of patients. The construct validity of an instrument measuring the attitudes of staff towards inpatient aggression in psychiatry was evaluated in this international multi-centre study. Factor analysis and simultaneous component analysis were perfo...

Assessment the Trend of Efficiency at Inpatient Service by Pabon-Lasso Model: A case study in a specialized hospital

Background and Aim: Lack of attention to hospital efficiency, in addition to increasing medical costs, limits universal access to health care. The purpose of this study was to draw a picture of the resource efficiency status of inpatient units and its changes over the years 2015 to 2018 in a large specialized hospital in Tehran. Methods: The study was a multiple cross-sectional and applied stud...