Citation

de Vries MG, Brazil IA, Tonkin M, Bulten BH. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2016; 30(3): 342-349.

Affiliation

Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Pompestichting, Division Diagnostics Research and Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) of Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2015.12.007

PMID

27256939

Abstract

Within this study the relationship between patient characteristics (age, length of stay, risk, psychopathy) and individual perceived ward climate (n=83), and differences between staff's and patient perceptions of climate (n=185) was investigated within a high secure forensic hospital.

RESULTS show that therapeutic hold was rated higher among staff compared to patients, while patients held a more favorable view on patient cohesion and experienced safety. Furthermore, patient characteristics (age, risk and psychopathy) were found to be related with individual ratings of ward climate. The findings underline the importance of assessing ward climate among both patients and staff in clinical practice.

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Language: en