Journal article
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.
Authors
Jones A; Goodarzi Z; Lee J; Norman R; Wong E; Dasgupta M; Liu B; Watt J
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 10,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0276504
ISSN
1932-6203