Patient and Visit Characteristics Associated With Physical Restraint Use in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT: Objective Physical restraints are used in emergency departments (EDs) to address behavioral emergencies in situations in which less restrictive methods have failed. The objective of this study was to evaluate for associations between patient/visit characteristics and physical restraint use. Study Design This study was designed as a cross-sectional, retrospective study of all encounters at Kaiser Permanente Northern California EDs from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019, to evaluate differences in patient and visit characteristics between visits involving physical restraint use and those without. Methods Using electronic health record data, this study identified physical restraint use among ED encounters and extracted demographic, clinical, and facility characteristics. The authors calcu

SUBMITTER: Walia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10013723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature