ABC (Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence)

1. Recording an ABC

  1. Open a new ABC form by opening the side navigation bar and clicking “+ABC”

  2. Choose a patient

  3. Populate the form with:

    1. Time of behaviour

    2. Behaviour types

    3. Severity (of the behaviour, in your opinion)

    4. Triggers immediately beforehand (events happening on the lead-up to the behaviour that might have triggered it)

    5. Calming factors (events that seemed to put a stop to the behaviour)

    6. Restraint techniques used (normally used as a last resort)

    7. Personal factors (anything you think the patient might’ve been feeling or trying to communicate through the behaviour)

    8. Locations (any areas this behaviour occurred in)

    9. Environmental factors (anything going on around them that might’ve contributed to the behaviour)

    10. People present (anyone nearby that might’ve witnessed the behaviour)

    11. Other comments (any other details that might increase understanding of this behaviour and help prevent it in future)

  4. Click “Submit“

2. Analysing the 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).

Time of week

This heatmap shows the most common time of day across the 7 day week for behaviours (respecting any filters set).

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