Reducing physical restraints in psycho-geriatric nursing home residents.
Completed
- Conditions
- Physical restraint use in psycho-geriatric nursing home residents
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25766
- Brief Summary
Huizing AR, Hamers JPH, Gulpers MJM, Berger MPF. Short-term effects of an educational intervention on physical restraint use: a pilot study. Submitted for publication. BMC Geriatr. 2006 Oct 26;6:17.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- 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 /><br>2. Restraint intensity: the number of times in four observations that a particular residents is restrained;<br /><br>3. Restraint types: restraint types used in residents;<br /><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 /><br>2. Organisational characteristics, like workload of nurses and staffing level on the wards.