How Best to Measure Violence Committed By Elderly Patients Against Healthcare Staff

Poster Session VI

Keyword: Risk

Abstract: Violence between patients and staff is common in psychiatric wards.  The older the patient, the more this violence tends to be under-reported, even though it is often more severe. There is currently no gold standard for measuring PSV. Here, we compare the effectiveness of two types of measurement approach.

• Abbiati Milena (Presenting Author)