Staff injuries from patient attack: five years' data.

We report on five years' experience of staff injuries from patient attack in a large state hospital. In 1984 to 1988, with a total of 6,225 staff person-years of exposure, 209 employees suffered 236 injuries from patient attack. Ward nursing staff sustained 185 of the injuries (5.

Physician staffing and patient violence.

We found an inverse relation between physical aggression by patients and physician staffing--when more physicians were available, physical aggression decreased. Episodes of nonphysical aggression increased with higher levels of psychiatrist staffing, but were not related to general physician staffing.

Psychiatrists injured by patient attack.

The seven staff psychiatrists injured by patient attack in a large forensic hospital in five years were compared with the 47 who were not injured by attack. Thirteen percent of the psychiatrists were injured by patient attack (2.6 percent per year); 5.

Staff injuries from inpatient violence.

A one-year study of staff injuries from inpatient violence at a large forensic state hospital found that 121 staff members sustained 135 injuries. Nursing staff sustained 120 of the injuries, for a rate of 16 injuries per 100 staff, and professional staff sustained three injuries, for a rate of 1.9 injuries per 100 staff.

Overweight and obesity in preschool children in New York City.

In an effort to ascertain the prevalence of obesity in young children, 48 nursery schools in Manhattan and Queens, New York City were surveyed. The weights and heights of 2606 children, ages 3 to 6 yr, were obtained. Three-hundred seventeen children (12.