Analysing ABC data

Behaviour over time graph

  • Severity (mean) line shows the mean severity of submissions in each period (where the four severities (Absent/near miss, Low, Moderate, Severe) score 1 to 4 respectively. For each period they’re all added together and divided by the total submission count.

  • Frequency line shows how many ABCs were recorded in each period

  • Use of restraint line shows how many ABCs included at least one answer selected to the restraint question in the form

  • Granularity dropdown sets how many datapoints show in the chart

  • Key events button allows you to annotate timestamps on the graph. This can be useful to highlight how changes in care affect the behavioural lines.


Antecedents

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Behaviours

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Calming factors

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Personal factors

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Restraint

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Environmental factors

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Locations

This chart shows the most commonly selected answers to this question of all the ABCs submitted (respecting any filters set).


Severity spread

This chart shows the what proportion of submissions are what severity (respecting any filters set).


Times of day

This chart shows the most common time of day for ABC behaviours (respecting any filters set).

  • Toggle the grouping switch to change between 1 and 3 hour chunks


Day of week

This chart shows the most common days of the week for ABC behaviours (respecting any filters set).