Antecedents and interventions for aggressive behavior of patients at a geropsychiatric state hospital.
Antecedents and interventions for aggressive behavior of patients at a geropsychiatric state hospital.
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州立老年精神病医院患者攻击行为的前因和干预措施。
DOI:
10.1176/ps.42.3.287
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发表时间:
1991
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Hamer,RM
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作者:
Colenda,CC;Hamer,RM
Aggressive geropsychiatric patients pose major problems for long-term care facilities. Two exploratory surveys at a geropsychiatric state hospital, separated by brief programs of inservice training on managing aggressive patients, examined several aspects of aggressive behavior and staff interventions. Major findings included a stable overall prevalence of aggressive behavior in both survey periods; a persistently higher prevalence of aggression and a higher rate of physical aggression among dementia patients than among other patients; and staffpatient exchanges as a major triggering event for aggression. In the survey period after the inservice training, staff interventions remained similar for nondementia patients; however, for dementia patients, interpersonal interventions were used less frequently, and p.r.n. medications, alone or in combination with seclusion or restraint, were used more often.