Northampton Electronic Collection of Theses and Research

Moderators of the predictive efficacy of the historical, clinical and risk management-20 for aggression in psychiatric facilities: systematic review and meta-analysis

O'Shea, L., Mitchell, A., Picchioni, M. and Dickens, G. (2013) Moderators of the predictive efficacy of the historical, clinical and risk management-20 for aggression in psychiatric facilities: systematic review and meta-analysis. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 18(2), pp. 255-270. 1359-1789.

Item Type: Article
Abstract: This paper presents results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of the predictive efficacy of the Historical, Clinical, and Risk Management-20 (HCR-20) for aggressive behavior in residential psychiatric facilities. Variations in efficacy were investigated based on aggression-type, HCR-20 scale used, and as moderated by clinical, demographic and methodological variables. Comprehensive terms were used to search seven electronic databases between January 1995 and August 2012. Additional papers were located by examining references lists and hand-searching. Twenty non-overlapping studies involving 2067 participants were identified. Few (n = 4) studies reported methodology and results sufficiently to ensure a transparently low risk of bias. The summary judgment (dw = 1.166) had the largest mean effect size for prediction of any inpatient aggression. HCR-20 had best predictive efficacy among samples containing higher proportions of patients with schizophrenia, women, Caucasians, and those with greater risk of bias. Predictive efficacy was reduced in studies containing higher proportions of patients with personality disorder. HCR-20 is a significant predictor of aggression in residential psychiatric facilities but does not appear to have equal efficacy across groups. Future research should aim to verify current findings using more heterogeneous samples and should report methodology with greater rigor.
Uncontrolled Keywords: HCR-20, aggression, risk assessment, mental health, inpatient
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC435 Psychiatry > RC450 Psychiatric hospitals
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC435 Psychiatry > RC554 Personality disorders. Behavior problems
Creators: O'Shea, Laura, Mitchell, Amy, Picchioni, Marco and Dickens, Geoff
Publisher: Elsevier
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Mental Health and Learning Disability
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Nursing
Date: March 2013
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 255-270
Journal or Publication Title: Aggression and Violent Behavior
Volume: 18
Number: 2
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2012.11.016
ISSN: 1359-1789
Status: Published / Disseminated
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5407

Actions (login required)

Edit Item Edit Item