Staff and ward factors associated with aggression development on an acute closed psychiatric ward: an experience sampling method study.

ABSTRACT: Aggression on psychiatric wards develops under influence of patient, staff and ward factors. Assessment of naturalistic derived staff and ward factors might increase better understanding of how aggressive incidents develop on psychiatric wards.

Objective

Studying staff and ward factors including interactions between patients and nurses prior and after development of aggression, within a naturalistic closed ward setting.

Design

A prospective naturalistic experience sampling method (ESM) study.

Setting and participants

A high intensive care unit of a mental health institution in The Netherlands where 29 nurses answered beeps generated by an app during approximately 7 consecutive days with questions regarding their subjective feelings, ward atmosphere, location, interacti

SUBMITTER: Weltens I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944292 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature