Reduction of belt restraint use: Long-term effects of the EXBELT intervention

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-112

  Gulpers, Math J M ^a   Bleijlevens, Michel H C ^a   Ambergen, Ton ^a   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^b   Van Rossum, Erik ^a,c   Hamers, Jan P H ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

belt restraint; nursing home; physical restraints; quasi experimental longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

AGED; BELT RESTRAINT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872267534     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12057     Document Type: Review

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