%0 Journal Article
%T Usefulness of Korean version of Behavioral Cue Checklist for predicting of patient violence in emergency departments
%J Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
%D 2018
%A Kim, Jang Mi
%A Lee, Eun Nam
%V 48
%N 3
%P 289-297
%X PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a behavioral cue checklist (BCC) containing 17 items developed by Wilkes et al. (2010) for identifying potentially violent patients in emergency departments. <br><br>METHODS: This was a prospective observational study to evaluate the usefulness of the Korean version of a BCC (K-BCC) as an assessment tool for predicting patient violence in emergency departments, and was conducted over 4 weeks in a regional emergency medical center located in B City. A total of 1,324 patients were finally analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate whether each item of the K-BCC predicts violence, and a parsimonious set of 8 statistically significant items was selected for the tool. Receiver operating characteristic analysis of the BCC showed that the area under the curve was.97 (95% confidence interval:.94~1.0). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value at the cut-off score of 2 were 75.6%, 98.9%, 68.2%, and 99.2%, respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The K-BCC was found to be useful in predicting patient violence toward emergency department staff. This tool is simple, and fast to use and can play a significantly role identifying potentially violent patients. Owing to this advance identification, this tool can be helpful in preventing the potential for violence from manifesting as violent behaviors.<br><br>© 2018 Korean Society of Nursing Science.<p /> <p>Language: ko</p>
%G ko
%I Korean Society of Nursing Science
%@ 2005-3673
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2018.48.3.289