Patient choice: An influencing factor on policy-related research to decrease bedrail use as physical restraint

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Ralphs Thibodeau, Sylvia ^a,b   Knoefel, Frank ^b,c,d,e   Benjamin, Kathleen ^b   Leclerc, Anne ^e   Pisterman, Susan ^c   Sohmer, Jane ^b   Scrim, Carmel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Department of Family Medicine ^*

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SCO Health Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Bedrail; Choice; Elderly people; Patient adherence; Restraint

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; CANADA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 33644833239     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2006.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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