The Staff Observation Aggression Scale – Revised (SOAS-R) – adjustment and validation for emergency primary health care

Abstract Background Many emergency primary health care workers experience aggressive behaviour from patients or visitors. Simple incident-reporting procedures exist for inpatient, psychiatric care, but a similar and simple incident-report for other health care settings is lacking. The aim was to adj...

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Main Authors: Tone Morken, Valborg Baste, Grethe E. Johnsen, Knut Rypdal, Tom Palmstierna, Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3157-z