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Emergency primary care personnel’s perception of professional-patient interaction in aggressive incidents -- a qualitative study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Primary Care, May 2016
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Title
Emergency primary care personnel’s perception of professional-patient interaction in aggressive incidents -- a qualitative study
Published in
BMC Primary Care, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12875-016-0454-7
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Tone Morken, Kjersti Alsaker, Ingrid H. Johansen

Abstract

Incidents of aggression and violence from patients and visitors occur in emergency primary care. Most previous studies have focused on risk factors such as characteristics of patient, health personnel or situation. This study aimed to explore professional-patient interaction in aggressive situations. A focus group study with eight focus groups was performed, including a total of 37 nurses and physicians aged 25-69 years. The participants were invited to talk about their experiences of violence in emergency primary care. Analysis was conducted by systematic text condensation. Results were then illuminated by Honneth's theory The Struggle for Recognition. We identified three main themes regarding the interaction between health personnel and patients or visitors in aggressive situations: (1) unmet needs, (2) involuntary assessment, and (3) unsolicited touch. In all interactions the aggressive behaviour could be understood as a struggle for recognition. Aggression is more likely to arise in situations where the patients' needs or personal borders are invalidated. The struggle for personal recognition during the interaction between patient and health professionals should be addressed in health professionals' education. This knowledge might increase their awareness and help them to react in a more expedient manner.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 84 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 19%
Student > Master 10 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 11%
Researcher 5 6%
Other 4 5%
Other 12 14%
Unknown 28 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 28 33%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 12%
Psychology 4 5%
Neuroscience 2 2%
Social Sciences 2 2%
Other 12 14%
Unknown 26 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2021.
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#1,954,045
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Outputs from BMC Primary Care
#207
of 2,359 outputs
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#32,368
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Primary Care
#4
of 27 outputs
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