Use of physical restraints in nursing homes and hospitals and related factors: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1033-1040

  Heinze, Cornelia ^a   Dassen, Theo ^b   Grittner, Ulrike ^b  

^a Evangelische Hochschule Berlin   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital; Nurse staffing; Nursing; Nursing home; Physical restraint

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84858293264     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03931.x     Document Type: Article

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