Patient-to-patient aggression in the inpatient behavioral health setting
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Gardner, Lea Anne, author Magee, Mary C., author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Aggression Hospitals, Psychiatric Inpatients Risk Management Violence -- statistics & numerical data Adolescent Adult Aged Child Environment Mental Health Middle Aged Patient safety Patient-Centered Care Professional-Patient Relations Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Risk Factors Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Patient aggression in the inpatient behavioral health setting is a patient safety concern to patients and clinicians. Inpatient patient-to-patient aggression (48.8%, n = 556 of 1,139) was the behavioral health aggression-related event most frequently reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority through the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System between January 1, 2012, and August 31, 2013. Inpatient patient-to-patient aggression was also the leading cause of aggression among all age groups: pediatric (55.4%), adult (42.5%), and geriatric (56.3%). Circumstances in the inpatient setting can result in psychiatric patients responding in an aggressive manner. Use of aggression assessment scales forms the basis of a multidimensional assessment approach that incorporates patient-centered, staffing-centered, and environmental-centered considerations and is a strategy that can be used to identify factors placing patients at risk for aggressive behavior.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 115-123))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101641569 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101641569