Disparities in Pharmacologic Restraint for Children Hospitalized in Mental Health Crisis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Children hospitalized with a mental health crisis often receive pharmacologic restraint for management of acute agitation. We examined associations between pharmacologic restraint use and race and ethnicity among children admitted for mental health conditions to acute care nonpsychiatric children's hospitals.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of children (aged 5-≤18 years) admitted for a primary mental health condition from 2018 to 2022 at 41 US children's hospitals. Pharmacologic restraint use was defined as parenteral administration of medications for acute agitation. The association of race and ethnicity and pharmacologic restraint was assessed using generalized linear multivariable mixed models adjusted for clinical and demograph

SUBMITTER: Wolf RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764008 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature