THE STUDY FOR ADAPTION OF THE STAFF OBSERVATION OF AGGRESSION SCALE-REVISED INTO TURKISH AND FOR ITS VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
Project no. 861 · Status: Kapanmış · 2016
Summary
Introduction: As there is no objective and practical tool developed for recording the aggressive behaviours of inpatients at psychiatry clinics and designating their severity, many aggressive behaviours missed in our country. Objective: The research was conducted in order to adapt "The Staff Observation Aggression Scale-Revised (SOAS-R)" into Turkish and determine its validity and reliability. Method: After receiving the necessary permissions, language and content validities of SOAS-R were made and the last version of the scale was created. The research was planned to continue for four months at three acute services of a mental health hospital, however, data collection period was extended three months more as enough aggressive behaviours could not be recorded. The nurse observing the aggressive behaviour closely in the process of data collection recorded all incidents with SOAS-R and evaluated the intensity of aggressive behaviour with VAS. The nurses who observed the aggressive behaviour were asked to record their own information (sex, age, and experience in psychiatry nursing) and the information of the patient showing aggressive behaviour (sex, age, diagnosis). 102 aggressive behaviours were recorded during the research period. Results: When the relationship between SOAS-R and the VAS scores was examined, a statistically positive directional significant relationship was found (r: .367, p<0.001). Multiple regression analysis was made in order to determine the factors predicting the VAS score, the characteristics of the nurse and patient and the SOAS-R were included in the analysis and it was found that the variables included in the analysis explained 29.8% of the total change in the VAS score accordingly. Conclusion: It is observed that as the SOAS-R score increases, the VAS score of the nurses also increases. This conclusion shows that SOAS-R, which shows parallelism with aggressive behaviour perceptions of nurses, is a useful tool to observe and record aggressive behaviours. Keywords: Aggression, Observation, Psychiatry Nursing, Validity, Reliability