Flannery Raymond B, White Donna L, Flannery Georgina J, Walker Andrew P
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Boston, USA.
Int J Emerg Ment Health. 2007 Spring;9(2):89-95.
An emerging literature on human-perpetrated violence suggests that seemingly apparent random acts of violence may indeed have important embedded temporal patterns. This study reviews this literature and presents the temporal findings of a fifteen-year study of patient assaults on staff in health care settings. Temporal patterns were observed for the variables of season, days of month, and shift. The reasons for these findings and their implications for health care providers are presented. A brief review of patient assaults on emergency services personnel (EMS) is outlined and this study 's findings and their implications for EMS personnel are discussed.
关于人为暴力行为的新兴文献表明，看似随机的暴力行为可能确实存在重要的内在时间模式。本研究回顾了该文献，并展示了一项针对医疗环境中患者袭击医护人员的为期15年研究的时间结果。观察到季节、月份中的日期和班次等变量存在时间模式。阐述了这些结果的原因及其对医疗服务提供者的影响。概述了对紧急医疗服务人员（EMS）遭受患者袭击情况的简要回顾，并讨论了本研究结果及其对EMS人员的影响。
