Patients' and staff members' experiences of restrictive practices in acute mental health in-patient settings: systematic review and thematic synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent guidance has called for the reduction of restrictive practice use owing to growing concerns over the harmful physical and psychological effects for both patients and staff. Despite concerns and efforts, these measures continue to be used regularly to manage challenging behaviour in psychiatric in-patient settings.

Aims

To undertake a systematic review of patients' and staff members' experiences of restrictive practices in acute psychiatric in-patient settings.

Method

A systematic review and thematic synthesis was conducted using data from 21 qualitative papers identified from a systematic search across three electronic databases (PsycInfo, Embase and MEDLINE) and citation searching. The protocol for the review was pre-registered on PROSPERO (CRD42020

SUBMITTER: Butterworth H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9634587 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature