Citation

Needham I, Abderhalden C, Halfens RJ, Dassen TWN, Haug HJ, Fischer JE. Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 2005; 42(6): 649-655.

Affiliation

Head of Research Unit, University of Applied Science, Route des Cliniques 15, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. needham@bluewin.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.10.003

PMID

15982464

Abstract

Nurses' attitudes towards patient aggression may influence their behaviour towards patients. Thus, their enhanced capacity to cope with aggressive patients may nurture more positive attitudes and alleviate adverse feelings emanating from patient aggression. This cluster randomised controlled trial conducted on six psychiatric wards tested the hypotheses that a 5 day training course in aggression management would positively influence the following outcome measures: Nurses' perception and tolerance towards patient aggression and resultant adverse feelings. A repeated measures design was employed to monitor change. No effect was found. The short time frame between the training course and the follow up measurement or non-responsiveness of the measurement instruments may explain this finding.

Language: en