Does access to bed-chair pressure sensors reduce physical restraint use in the rehabilitative care setting?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 581-587

  Kwok, Timothy ^a   Mok, Francis ^b   Chien, Wai Tong ^c   Tam, Eric ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Elderly; Nursing; Physical; Restraint; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, CONVALESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE; REHABILITATION NURSING; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645525739     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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