title: Predictive validity and psychiatric nursing staff's perception of the clinical usefulness of the French version of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression.
abstract: This study seeks to evaluate the predictive validity of the French version of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASAfr) and psychiatric nurses' perceptions of the clinical usefulness of the scale. The study was conducted in a 12-bed psychiatric intensive care unit in a large adult general psychiatric hospital. We found that the total score on the DASAfr has acceptable predictive accuracy for aggression against others and against staff and for seclusion with restraints; predictive accuracy was poorer for aggression against objects. Moreover, the nurses though the scale would be useful to their practice; and, indeed, the team still uses the DASAfr.
authors.affiliation: Université de Montréal, Faculty of Nursing Science, QC, Canada. alexandre.dumais@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dumais
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larue
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: Marie-Hélène
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Goulet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D032763:Behavior Control; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D011792:Quebec; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*