Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients

Autor: Sailaxmi Gandhi, Vijayalakshmi Poreddi, Nagarajaiah, Marimutthu Palaniappan, S. Sai Nikhil Reddy, Suresh BadaMath
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 36, Iss 1 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2216-0280
DOI: 10.17533/udea.iee.v36n1e10
Popis: Objective. To assess nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards using physical restraints among psychiatric patients. Methods. A descriptive cross sectional survey was carried out among conveniently selected sample of nurses working in psychiatry departments at a tertiary care center. The data was collected using self reported questionnaires of Suen. Results. The findings revealed that nurses had good knowledge (7.2±1.7, maximum posible=11), favorable attitudes 30.8± 3.3 (maximum posible=48) and good practice 31.2±6.2 (maximun posible=42) about use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients. Females had better knowledge (p
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