@article{ref1,
title="Aggression and violence towards staff working with older patients",
journal="Nursing standard (1987)",
year="2007",
author="Mullan, Barbara",
volume="21",
number="27",
pages="35-38",
abstract="Aim To investigate the incidence of violence and aggression towards staff working in elderly care wards and to consider the factors that influence the risk of experiencing such an incident. <br><br>METHOD Questionnaires were administered to 287 nursing and therapy staff within a community health NHS trust in the West Midlands. A response rate of 34% (96) was achieved. <br><br>RESULTS Fifty one per cent (49) of staff had experienced an incident of violence or aggression. There was a significant difference between the probability of experiencing violence and the occupation of the participant (χ2 =0.035), with 65% (31 of 48) of nurses having experienced an incident, compared to only 42% (10 of 24) of occupational therapists and 27% (4 of 15) of physiotherapists. <br><br>CONCLUSION This study should be replicated in a wider geographicalarea and apparent anomalies in frequency of assault by occupationneed to be considered in future research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0029-6570",
doi="10.7748/ns.21.27.35.s52",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.21.27.35.s52"
}