Violence and aggression in psychiatric inpatient care in Sweden: a critical incident technique analysis of staff descriptions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Violence towards staff working in psychiatric inpatient care is a serious problem. The aim of the present study was to explore staff perspectives of serious violent incidents involving psychiatric inpatients through the following research questions: Which factors contributed to violent incidents, according to staff? How do staff describe their actions and experiences during and after violent incidents?

Methods

We collected data via a questionnaire with open-ended questions, and captured 283 incidents reported by 181 staff members from 10 inpatient psychiatric wards in four different regions. We used the Critical Incident Technique to analyse the material. Our structural analysis started by structuring extracts from the critical incidents into descriptions, which w

SUBMITTER: Pelto-Piri V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7184692 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature