Volume 55, Issue 2 pp. 225-232
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Assessing the risk of violence in a psychiatric clinic: the Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) Turkish version—validity and reliability study

Gülşen Moursel

Gülşen Moursel

Dokuz Eylul University Adult Mental Health and Diseases Clinic, Izmir, Turkey

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Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman

Corresponding Author

Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman

Faculty of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

Correspondence Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman, Faculty of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department, Graduate School of Health Science, Dokuz Eylul University, 35340 Izmir, Turkey. Email: [email protected]

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Roger Almvik

Roger Almvik

Forensic Department Brøset, St. Olavs University Hospital, Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Trondheim, Norway

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First published: 23 November 2018
Citations: 3

Abstract

Purpose

This study was conducted for the purpose of adapting the Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) for Turkish patients and testing its validity and reliability in measuring and predicting the risk of violence psychiatric in patients.

Design and Methods

The BVC and the Overt Aggression Scale (OAS) were used in the study. The BVC was distributed to 126 patients at the psychiatric clinic. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC), the Mann-Whitney U test and χ 2 analysis were carried out.

Findings

With a BVC total score cutoff of two points, 52% sensitivity and 100% specificity were found. A total of 47 violent episodes were observed in 25 patients.

Practice Implications

These results support the validity and reliability of the BVC. The Turkish version of the BVC was found to be a reliable and valid tool suitable for use in psychiatric inpatients.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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