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Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities

Curationis

 
 
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Title Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities
 
Creator van Wijk, Evalina Traut, Annalene Julie, Hester
 
Subject Nursing;Sociology; Psychology; mental health facilities;patient behaviour; aggression; violence; environmental factors; nursing staff
Description Background: Aggressive and violent behaviour of inpatients in mental health facilities disrupts the therapeutic alliance and hampers treatment.Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe patients’ perceptions of the possible environmental and staff factors that might contribute to their aggressive and violent behaviour after admission to a mental health facility; and to propose strategies to prevent and manage such behaviour.Research design: A qualitative, phenomenological study was utilised, in which purposefully sampled inpatients were interviewed over a six-month period. Inpatients were invited to participate if they had been admitted for at least seven days and were in touch with reality.Method: Forty inpatients in two mental health facilities in Cape Town participated in face-to-face, semi-structured interviews over a period of six months. Tesch’s descriptive method of open coding formed the framework for the data analysis and presentation of the results. Trustworthiness was ensured in accordance with the principles of credibility, confirmability, transferability and dependability.Results: Analysis of the data indicates two central categories in the factors contributing to patients’ aggressive and violent behaviour, namely, environmental factors and the attitude and behaviour of staff. Conclusion: From the perspective of the inpatients included in this study, aggressive and violent episodes are common and require intervention. Specific strategies for preventing such behaviour are proposed and it is recommended that these strategies be incorporated into the in-service training programmes of the staff of mental health facilities. These strategies could prevent, or reduce, aggressive and violent behaviour in in-patient facilities.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor none
Date 2014-08-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — qualitative, semi structured interviews
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/curationis.v37i1.1122
 
Source Curationis; Vol 37, No 1 (2014); 9 pages 2223-6279 0379-8577
 
Language eng
 
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https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1122/1418 https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1122/1419 https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1122/1420 https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1122/1402
 
Coverage — — male, female, all races age-28-56
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Evalina van Wijk, Annalene Traut, Hester Julie https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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