Chemical and physical restraint use during acute care hospitalization of older adults: A retrospective cohort study and time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chemical and physical restraints are associated with harm in older adults, but our understanding of their use during acute care hospitalizations is limited.

Objectives

To (1) describe restraint use during acute care hospitalizations of older adults at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels and (2) describe between-hospital variability in restraint use.

Design

Retrospective cohort study with a time series analysis.

Participants

Acute care hospital inpatients, aged 65 years or older, who were discharged from one of four Alberta hospitals or six Ontario hospitals in Canada, between November 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020.

Main measures

We used autoregressive linear models with restricted cubic splines to compare proportion

SUBMITTER: Jones A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9604990 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature