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Reducing physical restraints in psycho-geriatric nursing home residents

Completed
Conditions
Physical restraint use
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Korsakov’s disease
Registration Number
ISRCTN10117742
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Maastricht (UM) (The Netherlands)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
400
Inclusion Criteria

Psycho-geriatric nursing home residents

Exclusion Criteria

Nursing home residents suffering from Korsakov’s disease or psychiatric diseases are excluded

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Restraint prevalence: the percentage of residents observed restrained at any time during the 24-hour period<br>2. Restraint intensity: the number of times in four observations that a particular resident is restrained<br>3. Restraint types: restraint types used in residents<br>4. Multiple restraint: the number of different restraint types used per resident recorded during the four observations
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Residents' characteristics, like demographic characteristics, cognitive status, self performance in activities of daily living, mobility, fall incidence, fall-related injuries and psycho-active drug use<br>2. Organisational characteristics, like workload of nurses and staffing level on the wards
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