Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, BronxCare Health System, USA
Research Article
Patient Agitation and Violence in Medical-Surgical Units at a Large Inner-City Community Health Center in New York, One Year Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Soroush Pakniyat-Jahromi, Jessica Bucciarelli, Souparno Mitra, Neda Motamedi, Ralph Amazan, Samuel Rothman, Vicente Liz*, Jose Tiburcio and Douglas Reich
Importance: Institutional violence has a grave burden on the healthcare system and has a major impact on staff’s physical and mental wellbeing. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to bear the complexity of circumstances, which may have increased its incidence.
Objective: To determine whether the prevalence of agitation and violence in medical-surgical settings increased in BronxCare Hospital (BCH) during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Design: This is a retrospective study to identify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in increasing patient agitation and violence in medical-surgical settings in BCH. Data collection occurred between June 2021 and August 2021, while the sampling time was from 2019 to 2021. The data were separated into two-time frames: Pre-COVID-19 (03/2019-03/2020) and COVID-19 (03/2020-03/2021).
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