Gray, N. S., Raybould, S., McKinnon, Aimee and Snowden, Robert Jefferson  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-480X
2015.
The Aggression and Vulnerablility Scale (AVS) for the measurement of inpatient behaviors: A demonstration of reliability.
Austin Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Abstract
Background: The accurate and consistent recording of problematic incidents for in-patient behaviour is important in monitoring patient’s treatment and needs, and for comparing behaviour across different settings. Methods: The Aggression and Vulnerability Scale (AVS) classifies individual incidents into 10 categories covering aggression (Physical Aggression against Other People, Verbal Aggression, Aggression against Property, Non-Compliant Behaviour) and vulnerabilities (Self-Harm/Suicide Attempt, Self-Neglect, Victimized/Exploited, Sexual Vulnerability, Absconding Behaviour and Accident) and rates severity of the incident. Twenty raters (10 naïve and 10 experienced) rated 28 vignettes drawn from nursing records. Results: The AVS had high reliability for both classification category and severity in both experienced and inexperienced raters. Conclusion: The AVS is a reliable scheme for the coding of problematic behavior in an in-patient setting. The AVS is available free from the authors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Psychology |
| Publisher: | Austin Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 2381-9006 |
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| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 6 May 2016 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 21 December 2015 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2023 12:32 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/90628 |
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