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Association between characteristics of nursing teams and patients' aggressive behavior in closed psychiatric wards
Author(s) -
Doedens Paul,
Vermeulen Jentien,
Riet Gerben,
Boyette LindyLou,
Latour Corine,
Haan Lieuwe
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.13099
Subject(s) - aggression , neuroticism , extraversion and introversion , incidence (geometry) , medicine , association (psychology) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychology , nursing , personality , big five personality traits , social psychology , psychotherapist , physics , optics
Purpose Estimate the effect of nursing, shift, and patient characteristics on patients' aggression. Design and Methods Follow‐up study on a closed psychiatric ward was performed to estimate the effect of nursing team characteristics and patient characteristics on the incidence of aggression. Findings The incidence of aggression ( n = 802 in sample) was lower in teams with >75% male nurses. Teams scoring high on extraversion experienced more verbal aggression and teams scoring high on neuroticism experienced more physical aggression. Younger patients and/or involuntarily admitted patients were more frequently aggressive. Practice Implications These findings could stimulate support for nurses to prevent aggression.