Review of literature provides basis for future investigations, justifies the need for replication, throws light up on feasibility of the study, and indicates constraints of data collection and helps to relate findings of one another. The literature review for the present study has been organized under the following:-
A cross-sectional survey was conducted at six acute care hospitals in the Kanto and Kinki regions in Japan. The study was conducted in 2011. A total of 1953 participants received self-report questionnaires along with written information about the study. After they filled out the questionnaires, the participants sealed the responses in provided envelopes and returned anonymously. Participants received a written description of the study that outlined its aims and procedure, the voluntary and anonymous
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This was achieved by re-examining the relationships between the hardy personality (total hardiness), primary appraisal (challenge and threat appraisal), secondary appraisal (coping options available), and coping methods (action and palliative coping) from the perspective of nurse stress in response to aggressive behaviour displayed by people with dementia. One hundred and two nurses from 15 nursing homes and hostels were sampled by way of a questionnaire. Hierarchical regression was performed to analyse the strong hypothesized relationships between the variables examined. Results indicated that resident aggression were related to an increase in nurse stress (M.34á79, SD.7á93). Of the variables examined, only threat appraisal were related to nurse stress (b[94].048, P < 005). Perceiving the possibility of aggressive behaviour by the resident as threatening was found related to a high stress level in nurses