Prevalence and Risk Factors of Violence by Psychiatric Acute Inpatients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Violence in acute psychiatric wards affects the safety of other patients and the effectiveness of treatment. However, there is a wide variation in reported rates of violence in acute psychiatric wards.

Objectives

To use meta-analysis to estimate the pooled rate of violence in published studies, and examine the characteristics of the participants, and aspects of the studies themselves that might explain the variation in the reported rates of violence (moderators).

Method

Systematic meta-analysis of studies published between January 1995 and December 2014, which reported rates of violence in acute psychiatric wards of general or psychiatric hospitals in high-income countries.

Results

Of the 23,972 inpatients described in 35 studies, the pooled proporti

SUBMITTER: Iozzino L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4464653 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature