Identifying aggression of hospitalized patients towards nurses by means of measuring tools

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F21%3AA2202DIA" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/21:A2202DIA - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://sciendo.com/de/article/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0035" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/de/article/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0035</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0035" target="_blank" >10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0035</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Identifying aggression of hospitalized patients towards nurses by means of measuring tools

Original language description

Aim. To identify and compare research results aimed at determining the incidence of aggression of hospitalized patients towards nurses using Violence and Aggression of Patients Scale (VAPS) and the Perceptions of Prevalence of Aggression Scale (POPAS) measuring tools. Material and methods. The sample consisted of 1012 nurses from selected healthcare settings in the Czech Republic. Data was collected from June to November 2018. Identification of the occurrence of aggression of hospitalized patients towards nurses was performed using two measuring tools: POPAS and VAPS. Both tools describe specific forms of aggressive behaviour. Results. We identified a very high incidence of aggression of hospitalized patients towards nurses. As much as 97% of respondents encountered various manifestations and forms of aggression from patients, 61.96% of respondents encountered physical aggression (spitting, biting, scratching, pinching), and 76.4% experienced verbal aggression. A significant difference was identified between results obtained with POPAS and VAPS. Conclusions. With the use of two reliable measuring tools, we identified different experiences with aggression of hospitalized patients towards nurses in the same set of respondents, which points to the issue of comparing results of the incidence patient aggression towards nurses identified by different measuring tools.

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

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

PIELEGNIARSTWO XXI WIEKU-NURSING IN THE 21 CENTURY

ISSN

1730-1912

e-ISSN

2450-646X

Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

226-229

UT code for WoS article

000741068700002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85120902305