高リスク患者の病院での暴力の減少
D J Drummond1, L F Sparr, G H Gordon
1Department of Psychology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR 97207.
JAMA
|May 5, 1989
まとめ
病院プログラムにより,高リスク患者の間で暴力事件が91.6%減少しました. この介入により,患者訪問の総数は42.2パーセント減少し,医療施設の安全性が向上しました.
科学分野:
- ヘルスケア・マネジメント・ヘルスケア・マネジメント
- 患者の安全性について
- 行動健康 行動健康
背景:
- 繰り返し障害を起こす患者は,一般病院で課題となる.
- 暴力事件の特徴を理解することは,介入にとって極めて重要です.
- 特定の患者グループ (N=48) は,繰り返し暴力を受けるリスクが高いと特定されました.
研究 の 目的:
- 一般病院における暴力削減プログラムの有効性を評価する.
- プログラムが暴力事件や患者の診察に与える影響を評価する.
- そのようなプログラムの実施の重要な構成要素と課題を特定する.
主な方法:
- パイロット・フェーズでは,暴力事件を場所,種類,責任者によって特徴づけました.
- プログラム実施前・後の1年間収集したデータ.
- 結果指標には,暴力事件の数と患者訪問総数が含まれていました.
主要な成果:
- 暴力事件は91.6%減少した.
- 患者訪問は,研究期間中に42.2%減少した.
- 暴力事件と訪問の比率は,プログラム前の比率の6分の1未満にまで減少しました.
結論:
- 実施されたプログラムは,高リスク患者の間の暴力を減らすことに非常に成功しました.
- この介入により,暴力事件と,全体的な医療利用率の両方が著しく減少しました.
- スタッフの抵抗とプログラムコンポーネントの管理のための戦略は詳細に説明されています.
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