title: What environmental factors irritate people with acquired brain injury?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to determine the environmental factors nurses identify as being irritating to people with acquired brain injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a qualitative study. An experienced interviewer used the Critical Decision Method to interview 28 nurses working in 10 inpatient brain injury rehabilitation units in Australia on a one to one basis for 1-1.5 h on two consecutive days. Transcripts of interviews were analysed using thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses identified five groups of irritants that acted as triggers for aggression:
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nurses in this study identified many environmental factors that irritate people with acquired brain injury. Some irritants appeared unavoidable but others could be addressed by staff expertise.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Nursing Research & Development Unit, University of Western Sydney & Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Australia. pryorj@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pryor
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001315:Australia; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*