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Healthcare Commission National Audit of Violence 2006-7 Final Report -Working age adult services
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This report describes the findings from the 2006/7 phase of the National Audit of Violence which was funded by the Healthcare Commission and managed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for Quality Improvement.
... E-mail: alexandre.dumais@umontreal.ca dom found that a third of inpatients had experienced violent or threatening behaviour while in care (McGeorge, Shinkwin, & Hinchcliffe, 2006–2007). These adverse events can cause significant distress and sometimes injury. ...
This study seeks to evaluate the predictive validity of the French version of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASAfr) and psychiatric nurses' perceptions of the clinical usefulness of the scale. The study was conducted in a 12-bed psychiatric intensive care unit in a large adult general psychiatric hospital. We found that the total score on the DASAfr has acceptable predictive accuracy for aggression against others and against staff and for seclusion with restraints; predictive accuracy was poorer for aggression against objects. Moreover, the nurses though the scale would be useful to their practice; and, indeed, the team still uses the DASAfr.
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