Measuring emergency department nurses’ attitudes towards deliberate self-harm using the Self-Harm Antipathy Scale

Conlon, Mary K.; O'Tuathail, Claire

doi:10.1016/j.ienj.2010.08.001

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“…Despite this, such opportunities are being captured to improve health through a whole systems approach in other areas of medicine. However, this opportunity is often overlooked, evident in Conlon and O'Tuathail's paper [44] where it is argued that nursing services are at the core of the ED, and are usually the first healthcare professionals with whom a self harm patient comes into contact, providing triage, first aid and psychological support.…”

Section: Frustration Futility and Legitimacy Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of paramedics and emergency staff about the care they provide to people who self-harm: Constructivist metasynthesis of the qualitative literature

Rees

Rapport

Snooks

2015

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Section: Frustration Futility and Legitimacy Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of paramedics and emergency staff about the care they provide to people who self-harm: Constructivist metasynthesis of the qualitative literature

Rees

Rapport

Snooks

2015

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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“…The authors also noted that ED nurses between the ages of 31-40 years had more positive attitudes due to the belief that they could in fact work effectively with this patient group. Conlon et al (2010), using the Self Harm Antipathy Scale to study 87 randomly selected ED nurses'…”

Section: Staff Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency department staff attitudes towards mental health consumers: A literature review and thematic content analysis

Clarke

Usick

Sanderson

et al. 2013

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Visits to the Emergency Department (ED) for mental health reasons account for 10 to 15% of all visits. Consumers of mental health ED services, however, report that they often feel sent to the back of the queue and that their mental health concerns are not taken seriously, suggesting that societal stigma has impacted their care in the ED. In this paper, we systematically explore the research concerning the attitudes of ED professional staff towards those that present with issues related to mental health. Four themes emerge from the literature: consumer perspectives whose tenor is generally one of negativity; staff-reported attitudes and influencing factors such as age, experience, and confidence in working with mental health presentations; the environmental climate of the ED which may not be conducive to good mental health care; and interventions which have been used to evaluate changes in attitudes.

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“…Conlon and O'Tuathail (2012) and Patterson et al 2007a) found female participants to report higher scores than male participants. Conlon and O'Tuathail (2012) and Patterson et al 2007a) found female participants to report higher scores than male participants.…”

Section: Meta-analysis 3: Comparative Analysis On Gender Amongst Shasmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Ambivalence, powerlessness, and helplessness are commonly manifested in the development of negative attitudinal beliefs towards these patients (Anderson et al 2003;Conlon & O'Tuathail 2012). Ambivalence, powerlessness, and helplessness are commonly manifested in the development of negative attitudinal beliefs towards these patients (Anderson et al 2003;Conlon & O'Tuathail 2012).…”

Section: Emergency Departmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency department nurse's attitudes towards patients who self‐harm: A meta‐analysis

Rayner

Blackburn

Edward

et al. 2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Self‐harm is a major challenge to public health. Emergency department (ED) nurses treat significant proportions of patients with self‐harm injuries, and positive therapeutic patient–nurse interactions are imperative to the physical and psychological outcome of this vulnerable patient group. Research, both nationally and internationally, suggests that treating those with self‐harm injuries is emotionally challenging, and ambivalence, powerlessness, and ineffectiveness are commonly manifested in negative attitudes towards these patients. Following the PRISMA guidelines, this systematic review with meta‐analyses examined the attitudes of ED nurses towards patients who self‐harm, based on currently available evidence. The following databases were searched: CINAHL complete; Medline complete; PsycARTICLES; PsycINFO; The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; PsycEXTRA; and Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection. Clinical trials registries for ongoing and unpublished studies, and scanned reference lists of relevant reports to identify additional studies, were also searched. Five studies were included in the meta‐analysis. The Self‐Harm Antipathy Scale (SHAS) was used as an outcome in two studies appropriate for meta‐analysis. The Attitudes Towards Deliberate Self‐Harm Questionnaire (ADSHQ) scale was used as an outcome in three studies appropriate for meta‐analysis. Results demonstrated limited empathy and negativity towards patients who self‐harm, indicating a requirement for education and supervision of ED staff, where the SHAS or the ADSHQ can be used to monitor attitude change. Self‐harm educational content for ED staff should include areas of knowledge building including explanations and causes of self‐harm; range, forms, and functions of self‐harm; staff responses to self‐harm; assessment, management, and interventions; professional practice issues.

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Measuring emergency department nurses’ attitudes towards deliberate self-harm using the Self-Harm Antipathy Scale

Cited by 65 publications

References 45 publications

Perceptions of paramedics and emergency staff about the care they provide to people who self-harm: Constructivist metasynthesis of the qualitative literature

Perceptions of paramedics and emergency staff about the care they provide to people who self-harm: Constructivist metasynthesis of the qualitative literature

Emergency department staff attitudes towards mental health consumers: A literature review and thematic content analysis

Emergency department nurse's attitudes towards patients who self‐harm: A meta‐analysis

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