Use of physical restraints with cognitively impaired nursing home residents

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-251

  Hamers, Jan P H ^a   Gulpers, Math J M ^b   Strik, Willem ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Zorggroep Meander Oostelijk Zuid L ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nursing; Nursing home residents; Older people; Physical restraints; Prevention of falls

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0842333981     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02885.x     Document Type: Article

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