What is the prevalence of physical restraint use in medical and geriatric psychiatry units?

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PubMed search:  restraint AND prevalence AND (hospitals OR wards OR units) AND psychiatric

restraint AND prevalence AND (hospitals OR wards OR units) AND (geriatric OR elderly) AND acute care

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Prevalence and risk factors for the use of restraint in psychiatry: a systematic review.
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Clin Nurs Res. 2013. DOI: 10.1177/1054773813493112. Physical Restraint Usage at a Teaching Hospital: A Pilot Study. Barton-Gooden A, et al.

Psychiatry Res. 2013 Aug 30;209(1):91-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.11.017. Epub 2012 Dec 6.  Mechanical and pharmacological restraints in acute psychiatric wards–why and how are they used?  Knutzen M, et al.

 

 

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