Preventing aggression in psychiatric settings: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction: Aggression is a frequent occurrence in psychiatric settings and results from complex multifactorial phenomena. Verbal or physical aggression has a significant impact on the quality of care, with negative repercussions on patients, professionals, and health care institutions. Objectives...

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Publicado en:JBI Evidence Implementation Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 506 - 517
Autores principales: Prod'hom, Louis, Mahé, Stéphanie, Lequin, Pierre, Drozdek, Dorota, Perrenoud, Béatrice
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jul2026
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          Prod'hom, Louis
          Mahé, Stéphanie
          Lequin, Pierre
          Drozdek, Dorota
          Perrenoud, Béatrice
        affil: Psychiatry Department, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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          Personnel, Health Facility Psychosocial Factors
          Professional Compliance Evaluation
          Medical Practice, Evidence-Based
          Aggression Prevention and Control
          Psychiatric Service Labor Supply
          Academic Medical Centers Labor Supply
          Workplace Violence Prevention and Control
          Exposure to Violence Prevention and Control
          Exposure to Violence Epidemiology
          Audit
          Human
          Switzerland
          Conceptual Framework
          Mental Health Personnel
          Psychiatric Nurses
          Feedback
          Aggression Epidemiology
          Prevalence
          Exposure to Violence Risk Factors
          Aggression Risk Factors
          Risk Assessment
          Implementation Science
          Descriptive Statistics
          Focus Groups
          Discussion
          Interviews
          Thematic Analysis
      ab: Introduction: Aggression is a frequent occurrence in psychiatric settings and results from complex multifactorial phenomena. Verbal or physical aggression has a significant impact on the quality of care, with negative repercussions on patients, professionals, and health care institutions. Objectives: This project aimed to prevent and manage hetero-aggression in a university hospital psychiatric department in Switzerland through the promotion of evidence-based practices. Methods: The project used JBI's Evidence Implementation Framework, which is grounded in an audit and feedback process. A baseline audit was conducted to measure current practices for preventing and managing aggression and compare these to eight best practice recommendations. Interventions to improve compliance with best practices were implemented, and a follow-up audit was conducted to measure the changes achieved. Results: Despite a high prevalence of staff exposure to aggression, the baseline audit showed that violence risk assessments were not systematically documented. The follow-up audit revealed improvements, with the use of a validated screening tool to identify violence risk and increased prevention interventions. However, these measures had a relatively low impact on the exposure to violence of health care professionals. Patient involvement in the violence risk assessment also remained low. Conclusions: The JBI approach used in this project led to significant improvements in professional practices related to violence risk assessment and reduced the gaps between recommendations and clinical practices. Clinical practice analysis sessions are a successful means of promoting understanding of prevention interventions. http://links.lww.com/IJEBH/A410
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