Association of surveillance technology and staff opinions with physical restraint use in nursing homes: Cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical restraints are used in nursing homes (NHs) despite their negative consequences. Use of surveillance technologies as alternatives to physical forms of restraints and negative staff opinions about the appropriateness of restraint use have been postulated to reduce this practice; however, these have rarely been investigated alongside resident outcome data. This study aimed to measure physical restraint prevalence in Swiss NHs and its associations with (a) the use of surveillance technologies and (b) staff's opinion about the appropriateness of physical restraint use.

Methods

This cross-sectional multicenter study analyzed data on 3,137 staff and 6,149 residents of 292 units in 86 Swiss NHs (2018-2019). Based on routine resident data, we measured the prevalen

SUBMITTER: Favez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544699 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature