PMID- 23164405
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131118
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1532-8228 (Electronic)
IS  - 0883-9417 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 6
DP  - 2012 Dec
TI  - Assessing aggressive behavior in forensic psychiatric patients: validity and 
      clinical utility of combining two instruments.
PG  - 487-94
LID - S0883-9417(12)00072-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.apnu.2012.04.004 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Accurate observation of aggressive behavior among forensic 
      psychiatric patients requires valid instruments. This study examines the validity 
      and clinical utility of combining the social dysfunction and aggression scale 
      (SDAS) and staff observation aggression scale revised (SOAS-R). METHODS: Nurses 
      weekly obtained SDAS scores of 127 patients, resulting in 6.124 assessments. 
      Aggressive incidents were documented by the SOAS-R. Internal consistency, 
      subscale structure, interobserver reliability of the SDAS, and convergent 
      validity with SOAS-R were analyzed. CONCLUSION: A three-factor solution was 
      found. Interobserver reliability was moderate, and good convergent validity was 
      found. The SDAS, in conjunction with the SOAS-R, monitors changes in 
      aggressiveness and may contribute to the prevention of aggressive behavior.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Kobes, Marjolein H B M
AU  - Kobes MH
AD  - Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Pompe Foundation, Division Diagnostics Research and 
      Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. m.kobes@pompestichting.nl
FAU - Nijman, Henk H L I
AU  - Nijman HH
FAU - Bulten, Erik B H
AU  - Bulten EB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - United States
TA  - Arch Psychiatr Nurs
JT  - Archives of psychiatric nursing
JID - 8708534
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aggression/*psychology
MH  - Forensic Psychiatry/*methods
MH  - Hospitals, Psychiatric
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Principal Component Analysis
MH  - Prisons
MH  - Psychometrics/*methods
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
EDAT- 2012/11/21 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/19 06:00
CRDT- 2012/11/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/04/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/04/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/11/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0883-9417(12)00072-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.apnu.2012.04.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2012 Dec;26(6):487-94. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2012.04.004.