Comparison of V-RISK-Y and V-RISK-10 for risk of violence : a one-year study from a psychiatric emergency department for adolescents
Roaldset, John Olav; Lockertsen, Øyvind; Gustavsen, Carina C.; Landheim, Torbjørn; Bjørkly, Stål Kapstø
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2024Metadata
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10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104044Abstract
There has been a lack of short and simple screening instruments to assess the risk of violence in youth. Many acute youth departments have used the V-RISK-10, a risk screener for adults. V-RISK-Y is a risk screener based on the V-RISK-10 and adapted to youths. Our aim was to compare the predictive validity between V-RISK-Y and VRISK-10 in an emergency psychiatric adolescent ward. Target population were all 92 patients admitted within one year, and study population consisted of 49 (53 %) patients who had completed data. V-RISK-10 and V-RISK-Y were scored at admission and compared with recorded episodes of violence during the hospitalization. V-RISK-Y showed higher AUC values for recorded violence and some of the individual items also showed better results. Most differences were not significant, but results may still be of clinical interest.