Attitudes of psychiatric nurses towards aggression: A polish study

Abstract

What is known about the subject? (Scientific Rationale):• Mental health care in Poland lags behind that of many other countries, and coercive measures are used on a regular basis.• Scant research has been conducted in Poland regarding the treatment of psychiatric patients.• The perspectives of Polish psychiatric nurses towards aggression remain unknown. What does this paper add to the existing knowledge?:• The translated and validated Attitude Towards Aggression Scale (ATAS) in Polish will serve as an instrument that gauges Polish nurses' attitudes towards aggression. The Polish nurses have unenlightened and negative attitude towards aggression. What are the implications for practice?:• There is now an instrument in Polish by which we can gauge the attitudes of mental health nurses, which must precede any educational efforts. Polish nurses showed more restrictive and antiquated attitudes about patient violence than nurses in some other parts of the world. With a shift to more positive attitudes, the use of coercion could be reduced, resulting in improved patient care. Introduction:In Poland, the mode and site of patient treatment have changed little in the past 75 years, despite therapeutic advances worldwide. There is limited information regarding attitudes of nurses towards aggression in psychiatric settings in Poland, nor has there been an instrument in Polish to measure it.Aim: To translate and validate the Attitudes Towards Aggression Scale (ATAS) for use in Poland, and to assess the attitudes of three groups of nursing personnel towards aggression. Method:We surveyed 980 psychiatric and general nurses as well as nursing students.We translated the ATAS into Polish, and validated it using exploratory factor analysis. Results:The Polish version of the ATAS showed good psychometric properties. We found that Polish nurses perceived patient aggression extremely negatively. Discussion: Polish nurses perceive aggression as destructive, negative and not to be tolerated, leading to use of restraints. Among the three groups, psychiatric nurses | 857 LICKIEWICZ Et aL. How to cite this article: Lickiewicz J, Hughes PP, Makara-Studzinska M. Attitudes of psychiatric nurses towards aggression: A polish study.

An investigation into attitudes of nurses towards Patients’ aggression in mental Health Hospitals in Sulaimani City \ Kurdistan -Iraq

“…Some studies indicate that nurses consider patient aggression to be a normal occurrence that cannot be entirely prevented [10,11] Nurses' attitudes towards patient aggression can influence their perception and management of such behavior [12] . Positive attitudes from the mental health team, particularly nurses, are crucial when it comes to providing specialized care and treatment for psychiatric patients and reducing aggressive behavior [13]. However, some studies and literature reviews have found that psychiatric nurses tend to hold more negative attitudes towards aggression, which can result in the use of chemical and physical restraints [14,15].…”