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Decreased risk for violence in patients admitted to forensic care, measured with the HCR-20
Avdelningen för omvårdnad, Mittuniversitetet, Sundsvall.
Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap, Mittuniversitetet, Sundsvall; Sundsvall Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8285-0935
Avdelningen för omvårdnad, Mittuniversitetet, Sundsvall.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7959-606X
Avdelningen för omvårdnad, Mittuniversitetet, Sundsvall.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3907-2197
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2013 (English)In: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, ISSN 0883-9417, E-ISSN 1532-8228, Vol. 27, no 4, p. 191-197Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Aim: To explore if patients admitted to forensic psychiatric care decreased their assessed risk for violence over time, to identify patients who decreased their assessed risk for violence exceptionally well (30% or more) on the Clinical (C) and Risk management (R) scales in the (HCR-20), and to compare them in terms of demographic data.

Methods: The HCR-20 risk assessment instrument was used to assess the risk for violence in 267 patients admitted to a Swedish forensic psychiatric clinic between 1997 and 2010. Their assessments at admission were compared with a second, and most recent, risk assessment.

Results: The risk for violence decreased over time. Demographic criteria had no impact on differences on decreased risk. Only two factors, namely gender and psychopathy showed a difference. Risk factors associated with stress and lack of personal support were the items that turned out to be the most difficult to reduce.

Conclusion: The results show that risk prevention in forensic care does work and it is important to continue to work with risk management. The study highlights the importance of a careful analysis of the patient's risk for violence in order to work with the patient's specific risk factors to reduce the risk.

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2013. Vol. 27, no 4, p. 191-197
Keywords [en]
forensic nursing, risk assessment, violence
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Nursing Forensic Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-28961DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2013.03.004ISI: 000322847900007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84881023819OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-28961DiVA, id: diva2:1276096
Available from: 2013-08-28 Created: 2019-01-07Bibliographically approved

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Olsson, HelenStrand, SusanneKristiansen, LisbethSjöling, MatsAsplund, Kenneth

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