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  • Inpatient psychiatric environments can pose risks for patient violence.
  • Understanding factors associated with patient assault is crucial for safety.

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  • To identify demographic and clinical factors linked to physical assaults by patients in psychiatric hospitals.
  • To explore risk factors for violence in inpatient psychiatric settings.

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  • Retrospective chart review of 3 years of data (2021-2023) from a large, single-state health care system.
  • Analysis of physical assaults from a risk management database, cross-matched with electronic medical records.
  • Statistical comparison between patients who committed assaults and those who did not.

Main Results:

  • Out of 15,186 inpatients, 359 (2.4%) committed 556 physical assaults.
  • Assaulting patients were more likely to be male, younger, Black/African American, have psychotic disorders, be under conservatorship, admitted involuntarily, or have prior assault history.
  • Comorbid substance use disorder was linked to a lower likelihood of assault.

Conclusions:

  • This study provides insights into the largest investigation of inpatient psychiatric assault rates in the U.S.
  • Findings can inform the development of improved risk assessment and management strategies for patient violence.