Aggressive behaviour in mentally altered patients in prehospital setting as a threat to emergency medical service personnel: potential predictors identification

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21460/24:00376412 RIV/00216208:11140/24:10489166

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Aggressive behaviour in mentally altered patients in prehospital setting as a threat to emergency medical service personnel: potential predictors identification

Original language description

OBJECTIVES: Patients are the most common source of violence against EMS personnel. This study aims at elucidating specific clinical features in patients with mental alteration and aggressive behaviour increasing risk of violence.&lt;br /&gt; MATERIAL AND METHODS: This consecutive cross-sectional retrospective study analysed consecutive patients treated for prespecified list of primary diagnoses by one EMS provider in the Czech Republic between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023. The effect of individual features of medical history and present symptoms on the occurrence of violence, need for the Police assistance and use of restraints was evaluated, using linear regression model.&lt;br /&gt; RESULTS: 410 patients were evaluated. Verbal and brachial violence was present in 21.5 and 12.9 %, respectively. Police assistance was needed in 48.3 %, restraints were used in 4.6 %. The most significant predictor for violence, need for Police or restraints was agitation (OR 7.02, CI 4.14 - 11.90; OR 2.60, CI 1.60 - 4.24, OR 11.02, CI 3.49 - 34.80 respectively). Other predictors of violence included history of acute psychotic attacks and psychotic disorders, or outpatient psychiatry care. Among other predictors for Police assistance was presence of delusions, paranoia and history of outpatient psychiatry care.&lt;br /&gt; CONCLUSION: Prehospital care for patients with mental status alteration and aggressive behaviour is complex. Some clinical features seem to increase the risk of violence. Future research in the evaluation of agitated and violent patients is warranted to find strategies of risk mitigation for EMS personnel.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neuroendocrinology Letters

ISSN

0172-780X

e-ISSN

2354-4716

Volume of the periodical

45

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

SE - SWEDEN

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

239-249

UT code for WoS article

001375288000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85214319038