PMID: 9423376Jan 10, 1998Paper

Breaking loose. Use of physical restraints in nursing homes in Queensland, Australia

Collegian : Journal of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia
A P Retsas, H Crabbe

Abstract

A survey was completed by 123/203 (61%). Directors of Nursing of Queensland's nursing homes, to obtain information about the use of physical restraints. Of a total of about 6500 (4693 females; 1807 males) nursing home residents in Queensland, Australia, 23.6% (1536) were reported to have been physically restrained at the time the survey was completed. Of this group, females comprised 72.9% (1120) and males 27.1% (416). The commonest forms of physical restraint were bedrails (38.2%) and restraining belts (23.7%). The commonest patient-oriented reason for using physical restraints was to "prevent falls" (85.4%) and the commonest nurse-oriented reason was "because no alternative exists" (39.8%). The correlation between the size of nursing homes (bed numbers) and the number of residents was strong and positive, indicating that Queensland nursing homes were functioning at full capacity (r = 0.999, a = 0.05). The correlation between the size of nursing homes (bed numbers) and the number of residents who were physically restrained was weak and negative (r = 0.002, a = 0.05), suggesting that nursing home size did not predict the use of physical restraints. Correlations between the total number of staff, the total number of untrained st...Continue Reading

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Sep 17, 2002·International Journal of Nursing Studies·David Evans, Mary FitzGerald
Oct 28, 1998·International Journal of Nursing Studies·A P Retsas
Oct 28, 1998·International Journal of Nursing Studies·A P Retsas, H Crabbe
Jan 29, 2002·International Journal of Nursing Practice·S KochK S Lyon
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