Attitudes of Dutch, German and Swiss nursing staff towards physical restraint use in nursing home residents, a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-255

  Hamers, Jan P H ^a   Meyer, Gabriele ^b   Köpke, Sascha ^c   Lindenmann, Ruth ^d   Groven, Rald ^a   Huizing, Anna R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Heime und Alterssiedlungen Stadt Luzern ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; International comparison; Nursing homes; Opinions; Physical restraints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 74949116179     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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