A Scale for the Management of Aggressive and Violent Behaviour (C_MAVAS): Psychometric Properties Testing in Mental Health Nurses

Cheung, Teris; Mui, Jolene; Ho, Yuen Shan; Chien, Wai Tong

doi:10.3390/ijerph15071496

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“…The POAS and MAVAS are widely used (Cheung et al, 2018). In particular, the POAS might not be affected by psychosocial issues associated with general health and mental disorders, including personality disorders (Muro et al, 2002; Needham et al, 2004).…”

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Reliability and validity of the Korean 12‐item Perception of Aggression Scale

Nam

Hong

Kim

et al. 2021

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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What is known on the subject?• The importance of and interest in nurses' attitudes towards and subjective experience with workplace violence in clinical settings is increasing.• The prevalence of patient-perpetrated violence against Korean nurses in hospital settings is highly prevalent.• Only few instruments are available to measure the nurses' perception of patient aggression in Korea. What the paper adds to existing knowledge?• This is the first study to assess the linguistic and psychometric reliability and validity of an instrument that evaluates the attitude of Korean nursing staff towards patient-perpetrated workplace violence. What are the implications for practice?• This valid and reliable instrument could be used to assess and monitor the nurses' attitudes towards aggressive tendencies in the workplace.• The results could contribute to the development of relevant interventions for coping with violence by patients towards nursing staff and the implementation of practical training to cultivate healthy perceptions towards patients to foster therapeutic nurse-patient relationships.

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Reliability and validity of the Korean 12‐item Perception of Aggression Scale

Nam

Hong

Kim

et al. 2021

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…A higher score indicates a more positive view and higher tolerance towards patient aggression. Attitude was assessed by using the validated Chinese version of the management of aggression and violence attitude scale (MAVAS), which comprised 27 items [ 70 , 71 ]. The MAVAS was scored on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).…”

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A combined behavioural economics- and simulation-based medical education to promote effectiveness among medical residents in coping with workplace violence in Northern China: a quasi-experimental study

Liu

Liu²,

Jiao

et al. 2022

BMC Public Health

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Background Workplace violence is internationally recognised as a major concern for the workforce, which entails serious consequences, and research shows that medical residents are more likely than other doctors to experience violence in the workplace. This study first examines the effectiveness of simulation-based medical education, and then simulation-based medical education combined with behavioural economics as interventions in medical residents' perception of, attitude toward, and self-efficacy in coping with violence in the workplace. Methods A quasi-experimental design was used, 190 participants were randomised into three study groups to respectively test the effect of simulation-based medical education only and simulation-based medical education plus behavioural economics interventions, compared with a control group. Data were obtained from structured questionnaires, including (1) a perception of aggression scale, a management of aggression and violence attitude scale, a general self-efficacy scale, and (2) socio-demographic characteristics. Results The results show that the scores attained by simulation-based medical education (SBME) and simulation-based medical education combined with behavioural economics (SBME + BE) interventions for perception, attitude, and self-efficacy were significantly higher than those in the control group (p < .01). The SBME + BE group recorded a greater improvement in perception, which could be ascribed to the behavioural economics effect. Furthermore, the higher perception of workplace violence is correlated with single residents and those with more work experience, prior experiences of violence in the workplace, and training related to workplace violence. A higher positive correlation of workplace violence was recorded by female and widowed residents,and a higher level of self-efficacy related to violence in the workplace correlated with male, widowed,and senior (third-year) residents. Conclusions This study contributes important evidence regarding changes in the perception, attitude, and self-efficacy of subjects following both the SBME + BE and SBME interventions among medical residents in coping with workplace violence, the biggest perception change having been recorded after the SBME + BE intervention, which can be explained by the inclusion of behavioural economics.

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“…The highest risk is reported in an emergency, and mental health areas (e.g., Pich et al, 2017), but nurses are commonly exposed to patient aggression in medical-surgical areas and community settings as well (e.g., Shi et al, 2017;Williamson et al, 2014). In recent decades, the issue of patient aggression has attracted more attention internationally (Cheung et al, 2018) due to an emerging need to understand this phenomenon comprehensively and due to the escalation of violence in society. The impact of this risky issue is widespread, thus necessitating research focused on severe, undesirable consequences on patients, the organization, and nurses.…”

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“…They do not explicitly measure the factors affecting patient aggression against nurses nor the meaning assigned to them by nurses in terms of their potential to increase the risk of patient aggression against nurses. Furthermore, most of these instruments are suitable for specific care areas (e.g., psychiatric wards) and internationally, there are a lack of comprehensive tools designed for all types of care units (Cheung et al, 2018). Identifying this gap, we decided to construct a new scale to map these factors from the nurses' perspectivethe Factors Affecting Patient Aggression Scale (the FAPAS).…”

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The factors affecting patient aggression scale: psychometric testing of a new tool

Lepiešová¹,

Farský²,

Zanovitová³

et al. 2021

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw

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Aim: To report the development and psychometric testing of the Factors Affecting Patient Aggression Scale (the FAPAS), a new attitude scale constructed to measure nurses' perception of miscellaneous factors in terms of their potential to increase the risk of patient aggression against nurses. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: The study was conducted according to the STROBE checklist. Data were collected using the FAPAS between November 2014 and May 2015. Registered nurses (n = 1,220) from nine teaching hospitals across Slovakia were included in the study. Construct validity and reliability of the instrument were tested using SPSS 18.0. Results: Resulting from the factor analysis, a six-factor structure was revealed. Six subscales representing specific groups of factors affecting patient aggression against nurses can be conditioned by Gender aspects, Situations of physical and emotional distress of a patient, Nurse-related factors, Factors of nursing shift organization, Patient-related factors, Factors of the nursing workplace environment. The Cronbach's alpha of the instrument was 0.91, ranging from 0.63 to 0.88 for subscales. Conclusion: Based on psychometric testing in the Slovak sociocultural context, the FAPAS showed acceptable reliability and construct validity and thus is considered a promising instrument for measuring nurses' perception of miscellaneous factors of patient aggression.

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A Scale for the Management of Aggressive and Violent Behaviour (C_MAVAS): Psychometric Properties Testing in Mental Health Nurses

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Reliability and validity of the Korean 12‐item Perception of Aggression Scale

Reliability and validity of the Korean 12‐item Perception of Aggression Scale

A combined behavioural economics- and simulation-based medical education to promote effectiveness among medical residents in coping with workplace violence in Northern China: a quasi-experimental study

The factors affecting patient aggression scale: psychometric testing of a new tool

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