Reducing physical restraints in psycho-geriatric nursing home residents
Completed
- Conditions
- Physical restraint useMental and Behavioural DisordersKorsakov’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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method 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