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  • Health Care Workers' Experiences of Aggression

    Author(s)
    Kerr, Katelyn
    Oram, Joanne
    Tinson, Helen
    Shum, David
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Shum, David
    Kerr, Katelyn J.
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of patient aggression against health care workers, the consequences and coping mechanisms. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional design. SUBJECTS: 50 participants comprised 37 nurses, 1 ward staff, 12 allied health staff employed in two brain injury wards with experience ranging from 3 months to 34 years. SETTING: Neurosciences and Brain Injury Rehabilitation wards of a metropolitan tertiary hospital in Brisbane. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Researcher designed self-report questionnaire. RESULTS: 98% of respondents had experienced aggression during their health care careers ...
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    PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of patient aggression against health care workers, the consequences and coping mechanisms. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional design. SUBJECTS: 50 participants comprised 37 nurses, 1 ward staff, 12 allied health staff employed in two brain injury wards with experience ranging from 3 months to 34 years. SETTING: Neurosciences and Brain Injury Rehabilitation wards of a metropolitan tertiary hospital in Brisbane. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Researcher designed self-report questionnaire. RESULTS: 98% of respondents had experienced aggression during their health care careers with an average of 143.93 events. Physical injuries had been sustained by 40% of staff, psychological injury by 82%, but only 12% sought treatment. Verbal aggression related to receiving a psychological injury (r = 0.305, p < 0.05). Experiencing one type of aggression made it more likely the person would also experience the other types of aggression. Verbal aggression was correlated with physical aggression (r = 0.429, p < 0.01) and non-verbal aggression (r = 0.286, p < 0.05), and physical aggression was correlated with non-verbal aggression (r = 0.333, p < 0.05). The majority of staff used informal debriefing with others as their main coping strategy which was considered effective. CONCLUSIONS: Patient aggression is prevalent and of serious concern for staff working in hospital settings.
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    Journal Title
    Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
    Volume
    31
    Issue
    5
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2017.06.011
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Psychology
    Other psychology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/355608
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