TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Assaults and nonpatient-induced injuries among psychiatric nursing staff in Bahrain
JO  - Issues in mental health nursing
A1  - Hamadeh, Randah R.
A1  - Al Alaiwat, Basema
A1  - Al Ansari, Ahmed
SP  - 409
EP  - 417
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - This retrospective study of incident reports at the psychiatric hospital in Bahrain was carried out to describe nursing staff injuries that were reported during 1992-1999. The average assault rate (4.4%) was much lower than that reported in Western countries. Of the 111 injuries, 44.0% occurred in wards assigned for patients with acute conditions, 27.5% in chronic condition wards, 5.5% in outpatients, and 22.9% in the community. Staff assaults by patients constituted 60.4% of all injuries, of which 64.2% occurred in the 1992-1995 period. The assault rate was highest in 1992 (6.8/100) and lowest in 1998 (1.1/100), while the rate for all injuries was highest in 1994 (12.0/100) and lowest in 1998 (3.3/100). Bahraini staff had higher assault (7.0/100) and total injury (14.8/100) rates than the non-Bahraini (5.5, 6.8/100, respectively). Odds ratios for assaults vs. nonpatient-induced injuries indicated that assaults were 2.3 times (95% CI: 1.05-4.95) more likely to occur in males, 5 times more likely (95% CI: 1.99-12.15) in non-Bahraini, 1.79 times more likely (95% CI: 0.81-3.95) in staff nurses, and 2.3 times more likely (95% CI: 1.05-5.01) in the evening. Suggestions for reducing assaults and nonpatient-induced injuries are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-2840
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -