Background Physical restraints (PR) are commonly used in geriatric long‐term care.
Restraint‐free care should be the aim of high quality nursing care. Objectives To evaluate …

Background Physical restraint was introduced as the primary measure to maintain patient
safety in preventing falls. However, physical restraints may lead to complications such as …

Context Despite unambiguous legal regulation and evidence for lack of effectiveness and
safety, physical restraints are still frequently administered in nursing homes. Objective To …

Aims and objectives. To investigate (1) the prevalence of physical restraints and
psychoactive medication,(2) newly administered physical restraints, frequency of application …

La aplicación de restricciones físicas en ancianos frágiles podría tener importantes
consecuencias negativas sobre su salud. Además de las complicaciones por inmovilidad …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the attitudes of nursing staff towards restraint measures and
restraint use in nursing home residents, and to investigate if these attitudes are influenced …

Objectives To test the effects of a multicomponent intervention program to reduce the use of
belt restraints in psychogeriatric nursing homes. Design A quasi‐experimental longitudinal …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to reduce the use
of physical restraints in residents of nursing homes. DESIGN: Cluster‐randomized controlled …

BACKGROUND: Working with surveillance technology as an alternative to traditional
restraints creates obvious differences in the way care is organised. It is not clear whether …

This study describes the accuracy of two types of bed-exit alarms to detect bed-exiting body
movements: pressure-sensitive and a pressure-sensitive combined with infrared (IR) beam …