abstract: 'Patient violence in mental health care settings is daunting and

  stressful, as well as increasingly burdensome for professionals in

  low/middle income countries, specifically Africa. Patient violence has

  contributed to increased work hazards for health care professionals and

  may lead to patients being sedated or restrained, potentially resulting

  in injury to either the patient or provider. The current study assessed

  Nigerian psychiatric-mental health nurses''current practices of violence

  management in a hospital in Southwest Nigeria. A qualitative approach,

  specifically focus group discussion, was used. Results of the study show

  that patients and providers are prone to maltreatment. Professionals

  desire involvement of armed military officials to combat acts of

  violence by psychiatric patients who take advantage of nurses'' gender,

  inexperience, or being lonely on duty, as well as the time of day, to

  attack nurses. Professionals have reportedly died in the process of

  violence management. Intervention studies on violence management in

  African mental health care settings are a priority for future research.'
affiliation: 'Oyelade, OO (Corresponding Author), Obafemi Awolowo Univ, Dept Nursing
  Sci, Ife 220282, Osun State, Nigeria.

  Oyelade, Oyeyemi Olajumoke; Ayandiran, Emmanuel Olufemi, Obafemi Awolowo Univ, Dept
  Nursing Sci, Ife 220282, Osun State, Nigeria.'
author: Oyelade, Oyeyemi Olajumoke and Ayandiran, Emmanuel Olufemi
author-email: yemilad13@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Oyelade
  given: Oyeyemi Olajumoke
- family: Ayandiran
  given: Emmanuel Olufemi
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3928/02793695-20180503-02
eissn: 1938-2413
files: []
issn: 0279-3695
journal: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
keywords-plus: PATIENT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDES
language: English
month: NOV
number: '11'
number-of-cited-references: '32'
orcid-numbers: Oyelade, Oyeyemi/0000-0002-0173-9208
pages: 37-45
papis_id: 208896ae0cda218dbae6d4575fd1ea3b
ref: Oyelade2018violencemanagement
researcherid-numbers: Oyelade, Oyeyemi/X-9758-2019
times-cited: '0'
title: Violence Management in a Nigerian Psychiatric Facility Psychiatric-Mental Health
  Nurses' Current Practices and Their Effectiveness
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000449281600006
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '5'
volume: '56'
web-of-science-categories: Nursing
year: '2018'