A clinical trial to reduce restraints in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-681

  Evans, Lois K ^a   Strumpf, Neville E ^a   Allen Taylor, S Lynne ^a   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Maislin, Greg ^a   Jacobsen, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030915061     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb01469.x     Document Type: Article

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