Clinical and organizational factors related to the reduction of mechanical restraint application in an acute ward: An 8-year retrospective analysis

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-102

  Di Lorenzo, Rosaria ^a   Miani, Fiorenza ^a   Formicola, Vitantonio ^a   Ferri, Paola ^a  

^a NOCSAE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatric ward; Clinical factors; Mechanical restraints; Organizational factors; Reduced application; Retrospective analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL RESTRAINT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTIVATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER;

EID: 84924911563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901410010094     Document Type: Article

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