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Aim: Patient aggression is an integral part of the current clinical nursing practice, and thus it calls for implementation of various strategies to manage it. The Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale (MAVAS) is a research tool developed to assess the attitudes of staff and patients regarding strategies used to manage patient aggression. Its usage is underpinned by an assumption that attitudes and beliefs of the staff towards patient aggression influence the choice of particular management strategies they adopt in clinical practice. The aim of the paper was to analyze the use of the MAVAS instrument in research studies so that its Slovak language version could be prepared and the tool could be implemented for the first time in the context of clinical nursing practice in Slovakia. Design: The paper presents a review study. Methods: A systematic review of research studies using the MAVAS was performed by the scientific and research search portal Scientia.sk in the form of expert search focused on licensed full text resources published in the years 2002-2014. Results: From a basic sample of 39 resources selected, only 10 satisfied the inclusion criteria. Validity and reliability of the MAVAS was confirmed in all of them if specified. The instrument is applicable to be used in comparative research studies conducted in different contexts, settings, countries and populations. Conclusion: The analysis of using the MAVAS in research studies has proved its applicability in practice to identify the attitudes of staff and patients towards patient aggression and its management.

Analysis of the MAVAS instrument to assess the management of patient aggression