TREC-SAVE: A randomised trial comparing mechanical restraints with use of seclusion for aggressive or violent seriously mentally ill people: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Huf, Gisele ^a,b   Coutinho, Evandro S F ^a   Ferreira, Marco A V ^c   Ferreira, Silvana ^c   Mello, Flavia ^c   Adams, Clive E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIOLENCE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGGRESSION; BRAZIL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STANDARD OF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960557031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-180     Document Type: Article

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