Aggression From the Perspective of Patients and Nurses

Aggression From the Perspective of Patients and Nurses: An Integrated Study on the Evaluation of Aggression in Psychiatric Clinics

The research, was planned in a randomized controlled design, aiming to evaluate the effect of the training given to nurses working in psychiatric clinics on the use of aggression and BVC (Broset Violence Checklist) on the nurses' perceptions of aggression and the compliance of the use of BVC, which they evaluated for the patients watched in the videos, with the BVC determined by expert opinion.

The study was conducted in Adana Doctor Ekrem Tok Mental Health and Diseases Hospital between July 2021 and April 2022. A total of 97 nurses working in psychiatric clinics, 47 in the training group and 50 in the comparison group, participated in the study. A pre-test was administered to the nurses and nurses in the training group were randomized and given training including aggression and BVC use. After the training, a post-test was administered to all nurses.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the research,
• To have been working in the hospital where the research was conducted for at least 1 year,
• To have no vision, hearing and speech problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

• To want to withdraw from the research at any stage of the research,
• Not completing or not being able to complete the research for any reason,
• To work in the filiation team during the research process.