Effect of Physical Restraint Reduction on Older Patients' Hospital Length of Stay

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 645-650

  Kwok, Timothy ^a,b   Bai, Xue ^a,c   Chui, Maria Y P ^d   Lai, Claudia K Y ^e   Ho, Daniel W H ^a   Ho, Florence K Y ^a   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hospital length of stay; Older patients; Physical restraint

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODIFIED FUNCTIONAL AMBULATORY CATEGORIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WARD;

EID: 84865567734     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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