TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Predictive validity and psychiatric nursing staff's perception of the clinical usefulness of the French version of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression
JO  - Issues in mental health nursing
A1  - Dumais, Alexandre
A1  - Larue, Caroline
A1  - Michaud, Cécile
A1  - Goulet, Marie-Hélène
SP  - 670
EP  - 675
VL  - 33
IS  - 10
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-2840
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2012.697254
ID  - ref1
ER  -