Measuring the Severity of Objective and Subjective Patient-to-Staff Violence in Psychogeriatric and Adult Psychiatric Wards: A Retrospective Study of Four Swiss Hospitals

Milena Abbiatia Legal Psychiatry and Psychology Research Unit, Institute of Legal Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]

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Philippe Golayb Community Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland;c General Psychiatry Unit, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP-Lausanne), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland;d Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Lora Flor De Mariaa Legal Psychiatry and Psychology Research Unit, Institute of Legal Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, SwitzerlandView further author information

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Julie Palixa Legal Psychiatry and Psychology Research Unit, Institute of Legal Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland;d Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandView further author information

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Measuring the Severity of Objective and Subjective Patient-to-Staff Violence in Psychogeriatric and Adult Psychiatric Wards: A Retrospective Study of Four Swiss Hospitals

Table 1. Patient-to-staff violence, patient and staff member characteristics during follow-up by type of ward.

Table 2. Characteristics of patients and staff members involved in reported violent incidents by type of ward.

Table 3. Descriptive statistics for SOAS-R, VASS scores and their bivariate correlations by staff gender and type of ward.

Table 4. Linear regression analysis of variables associated with SOAS-R total scores: staff member and patient characteristics, patient violence status, and VASS scores.

Table 5. Linear regression analysis of variables associated with VASS scores: staff member and patient characteristics, patient violence status and SOAS-R total score.

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Table 1. Patient-to-staff violence, patient and staff member characteristics during follow-up by type of ward.

Table 2. Characteristics of patients and staff members involved in reported violent incidents by type of ward.

Table 3. Descriptive statistics for SOAS-R, VASS scores and their bivariate correlations by staff gender and type of ward.

Table 4. Linear regression analysis of variables associated with SOAS-R total scores: staff member and patient characteristics, patient violence status, and VASS scores.

Table 5. Linear regression analysis of variables associated with VASS scores: staff member and patient characteristics, patient violence status and SOAS-R total score.

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