From numbers to understanding: The impact of demographic factors on seclusion rates

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Koehn, Stefan ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Diagnosis; Gender; HoNOS; Indigenous; Seclusion

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953803591     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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