Aggressive Incidents in Medical Settings Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Aggression

In brief

The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence rate and characteristics of aggressive behavior perpetrated by patients and visitors in inpatient medical units and to understand the role of missed care events, professional quality of life and self-efficacy in relationship to aggressive events.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03041272

Run by

Yale University

People needed

137

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All registered nurses and assistive nursing personnel, including patient care associates (PCAs) , patient care technicians (PCTs), clinical technicians (CTs),
• primary employment on the study unit,
• minimum of 24 hours per week of employment on study unit.

You may not qualify if…

• Any registered nurse or assistive nursing personnel working less than 24 hours per week,
• whose primary employment is on a unit not involved in the study or float-pool / centralized resource staff who do not have a primary employment unit,
• any nursing staff member still on orientation or working with an orientee.

Where it is running

• Middlesex Hospital — Middletown, Connecticut, United States
• Yale New Haven Hospital- St. Raphael — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Yale New Haven Hospital Primary Care Center — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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