Background Physical restraint (PR) is a routine care measure in many hospital wards to
ensure patient safety. However, it is associated with many different professional, legal, and …

Hospitals operate with the primary goal of improving the health of individuals who seek
health care services. Despite this, a small proportion of patients experience unintended …

Background Restraint use is a complex and challenging issue in home care. Due to socio-
demographic trends, worldwide home healthcare providers are faced with an increasing …

Objectives To develop an internationally accepted research definition of physical restraint.
Design Comprehensive literature search followed by a web‐based, three‐round, modified …

Aims and objectives. To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to prevent and reduce
the use of physical restraints in older people requiring long‐term nursing care. Background …

Aims: This study aimed to identify the prevalence and circumstances of the use of physical
restraints, complications associated with its use and its association with patients' …

Background Physical restraint is widely used in intensive care units to ensure patient safety,
manage agitated patients, and prevent the removal of medical equipment connected to …

In both acute care and residential care settings, physical restraints are frequently used in the
management of patients, older people in particular. Recently, the negative outcomes of …

This article provides an historic and current overview of physical restraint use with emphasis
on elderly patients in the critical care setting. The primary recipients of restraint application in …

Aims and objectives To investigate the prevalence of physical restraint among mechanically
ventilated intensive care unit patients in Jordan and to identify predicting factors and …