1. Restraint use among selected hospitalized elderly patients in Cairo, Egypt
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Jon Mark Hirshon, Amira G. Eltaliawi, Sarah Hamazah, Angela C. Comer, and Mohamed El-Shinawi
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Male ,Restraint, Physical ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Cross-sectional study ,Hospitalized patients ,lcsh:Medicine ,Restraint use ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Elderly ,0302 clinical medicine ,Chemical restraint ,Acute care ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Restraints ,lcsh:Science (General) ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Aged ,030504 nursing ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Caregiver ,University hospital ,humanities ,3. Good health ,Hospitalization ,Research Note ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Hospital treatment ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Emergency medicine ,Female ,Egypt ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Developed country ,lcsh:Q1-390 - Abstract
Objective This study’s primary objective was to investigate the prevalence of physical and chemical restraint use in selected elderly hospitalized patients. Results This study was conducted in April 2014 in four major acute care hospitals. Trained data collectors assessed the use of physical and chemical restraint among all admitted elderly patients. There were 287 elderly patients (median age 64 years, 46% women). 32 patients were restrained. The overall prevalence of restraints was 11.1%, with physical restraint use alone at 3.2% and chemical restraints use alone at 7.3%. Restraint use varied by hospital type, with the highest at the private hospital (22.9%) and the lowest at the two university hospitals (
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- 2017
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