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| Restraint use, restraint orders, and the risk of falls in hospitalized patients | | Author(s) | Ronald I Shorr, M Katherine Guillen, Linda C Rosenblatt |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 3, March 2002 |
| Pages | pp 526-529 |
| Keywords | Falls ; At risk ; Restriction ; In-patients ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In a study of 228 patients who fell during their stay in a US acute care hospital and 228 controls matched by nursing unit and length of stay, those with orders for restraint were more likely to fall than those without orders. Because orders for restraint use may not reflect actual restraint use at the time of a fall, observational studies relating use of restraints to the risk of falls should be interpreted with caution. Despite this caveat, the authors could find no evidence that restraints protect hospital patients from falling. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020520218 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CA3: 5RC: LF7: 7T |
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