Reduction of coercion and aggression in psychiatry - the aggression, coercion reduction study

A project to deal with and reduce coercion and aggression on acute psychiatric wards

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN17993261

Enrollment

Registered

2018-03-07

Start date

2016-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-09-05

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Conditions

Coercion and aggression on acute psychiatric wards Not Applicable

Interventions

Stratified cluster randomisation was used. The six recruited wards were divided up in two as equal as possible groups regarding the length of average stay, frequency of involuntary admissions and numb

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Acute psychiatric ward with admission obligation 2. The positions of the senior physician and the nursing ward manager are filled 3. Adequate data quality from the outcome parameters to be collected during the last 6 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Wards with specialized therapeutic regimen where patients are admitted only with special indication 2. Day clinics

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Freedom restrictive interventions, measured using the electronic patient record at baseline (15/12/2016-15/04/2017), T1 (01/09/2017-30/12/2017), T2 (01/04/2018-30/07/2018), follow-up (01/01/2019-30/04/2019)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Aggressive events, measured using the EVA Form (part of the electronic patient record) at baseline (15/12/2016-15/04/2017), T1 (01/09/2017-30/12/2017), T2 (01/04/2018-30/07/2018), follow-up (01/01/2019-30/04/2019) 2. The percentage of hours/days during which the doors of the wards were open, at baseline (15/12/2016-15/04/2017), T1 (01/09/2017-30/12/2017), T2 (01/04/2018-30/07/2018), follow-up (01/01/2019-30/04/2019) 3. Perspectives of staff and patients related to the experience on the intervention wards, evaluated in focus group interviews at the end of the intervention phase (01/06/2018-01/08/2018)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Aggressive events, measured using the EVA Form (part of the electronic patient record) at baseline (15/12/2016-15/04/2017), T1 (01/09/2017-30/12/2017), T2 (01/04/2018-30/07/2018), follow-up (01/01/2019-30/04/2019) 2. The percentage of hours/days during which the doors of the wards were open, at baseline (15/12/2016-15/04/2017), T1 (01/09/2017-30/12/2017), T2 (01/04/2018-30/07/2018), follow-up (01/01/2019-30/04/2019) 3. Perspectives of staff and patients related to the experience on the intervention wards, evaluated in focus group interviews at the end of the intervention phase (01/06/2018-01/08/2018)

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Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactChristian Burr

christian.burr@upd.ch+41 (0)31 930 97 12

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026