Martina Lepiešová, Ivan Farský, Mária Zanovitová, Juraj Čáp, Katarína Žiaková, Dominika Kalánková
The factors affecting patient aggression scale
Číslo: 2/2021
Periodikum: Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
DOI: 10.15452/cejnm.2021.12.0009
Klíčová slova: acute care, contributing factors, nurses, nurses’ perception, patient aggression, psychometric properties
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Design: A cross-sectional study.
Methods: The study was conducted according to the STROBE checklist. Data were collected using the FAPAS between November 2014 and May 2015. Registered nurses (n = 1,220) from nine teaching hospitals across Slovakia were included in the study. Construct validity and reliability of the instrument were tested using SPSS 18.0.
Results: Resulting from the factor analysis, a six-factor structure was revealed. Six subscales representing specific groups of factors affecting patient aggression against nurses can be conditioned by Gender aspects, Situations of physical and emotional distress of a patient, Nurse-related factors, Factors of nursing shift organization, Patient-related factors, Factors of the nursing workplace environment. The Cronbach’s alpha of the instrument was 0.91, ranging from 0.63 to 0.88 for subscales.
Conclusion: Based on psychometric testing in the Slovak sociocultural context, the FAPAS showed acceptable reliability and construct validity and thus is considered a promising instrument for measuring nurses’ perception of miscellaneous factors of patient aggression.