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EBM Conference: Violence Risk Assessment. Joshua Bess MD House Officer Department of Psychiatry University of Michigan. The Problem. Healthcare workers at high risk for being victims of violence Risk (at least) twice as high as other professions Equivalent to police officers
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EBM Conference:Violence Risk Assessment Joshua Bess MD House Officer Department of Psychiatry University of Michigan
The Problem • Healthcare workers at high risk for being victims of violence • Risk (at least) twice as high as other professions • Equivalent to police officers • Emergency Room and Psychiatric staff at highest risk
The Problem: Example • In 2000, 40% of violence-related claims made to Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia were from healthcare workers • Healthcare workers made up less than 5% of the workforce in the province Kling R, Corbiere M, Milord R, Morrison JG, Craib K, Yassi A, Sidebottom C, Kidd C, Long V, Saunders S: Use of a violence risk assessment tool in an acute care hospital: Effectiveness in identifying violent patients. AAOHN J 2006; 54:481-487.
The Problem: Example • Study of 242 ED employees in Cincinnati: • 319 physical assaults by patients • 67% percent of nurses, 63% of PCWs, and 51% of physicians had been physically assaulted by a patient at least once • Workers in the psychiatric ED had the highest percentage (11%) of being assaulted seven or more times by a patient Gates DM, Ross CS, McQueen L: Violence against emergency department workers. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2006/10; 31:331-337
The Problem: Example • 2005 Resident Retreat: Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital • UM Resident: “How many assaults against staff are there?” • Medical Director: “Two or three.” • UM Resident: “Oh, two or three a year… that’s not bad.” • Medical Director: “That’s two or three a month.”
The “Pre-EBM” Question • Is there a way to predict violence? • Who? • When (inpatient vs after d/c)? • Why?
A “Pre-EBM” Answer • Yes, but with far less than 100% accuracy. • “Pre-EBM” = Clinical Approach • Study of Psychiatry Residents in Israel – predicted wrong 25-50% of the time Rabinowitz J, Garelik-Wyler R: Accuracy and confidence in clinical assessment of psychiatric inpatients risk of violence. International Journal of Law & Psychiatry 1999; 22:99-106
The “Near-EBM” Question • What are the risk factors for violence?
A “Near-EBM” Answer • Various (see following slides) • “Near EBM” = Actuarial approach • Meta-analysis of 136 studies that compared clinical vs. actuarial prediction: • Clinical more accurate = 8 • Actuarial more accurate = 64 • No difference = 64 Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
Risk Factors … Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
Risk Factors … Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
The EBM Question • How can we perform a violence risk assessment?
An EBM Answer • There are lots of different ways! (see below) • EBM = “structured clinical judgement” • Moves the process from prediction to risk management Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
The Search • PICO Question • P: Acute Psychiatric Inpatients • I: Assessment Scale (that includes clinical and actuarial, i.e. dynamic and static factors) • C: Clinical Judgment alone • O: Accuracy of Risk Assessment
The Answer (Maybe) Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
The Answer (Maybe) Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
Many Others Doyle M, Dolan M: Violence risk assessment: Combining actuarial and clinical information to structure clinical judgements for the formulation and management of risk. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 2002; 9:649-657
Broset Violence Checklist ALMVIK R, WOODS P, RASMUSSEN K: The Broset Violence Checklist: Sensitivity, specificity, and interrater reliability. J Interpers Violence 2000; 15:1284-1296
Alert Kling R, Corbiere M, Milord R, Morrison JG, Craib K, Yassi A, Sidebottom C, Kidd C, Long V, Saunders S: Use of a violence risk assessment tool in an acute care hospital: Effectiveness in identifying violent patients. AAOHN J 2006; 54:481-487
HCR-20 Douglas KS, Ogloff JR, Nicholls TL, Grant I: Assessing risk for violence among psychiatric patients: The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme and the psychopathy checklist: Screening version. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 1999; 67:917-930
HCR-20 Douglas KS, Ogloff JR, Nicholls TL, Grant I: Assessing risk for violence among psychiatric patients: The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme and the psychopathy checklist: Screening version. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 1999; 67:917-930
HCR-20 Douglas KS, Ogloff JR, Nicholls TL, Grant I: Assessing risk for violence among psychiatric patients: The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme and the psychopathy checklist: Screening version. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 1999; 67:917-930
HCR-20 Douglas KS, Ogloff JR, Nicholls TL, Grant I: Assessing risk for violence among psychiatric patients: The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme and the psychopathy checklist: Screening version. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 1999; 67:917-930
DASA Ogloff JR, Daffern M: The dynamic appraisal of situational aggression: An instrument to assess risk for imminent aggression in psychiatric inpatients. Behav Sci Law 2006; 24:799-813
A Great Review Daffern M: The predictive validity and practical utility of structured schemes used to assess risk for aggression in psychiatric inpatient settings. Aggression and Violent Behavior 2007/0; 12:116-130
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