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Nurses' use of restraints and their attitudes toward restraint use and the elderly in an acute care setting
Author(s) -
Myers Helen,
Nikoletti Sue,
Hill Andrew
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2001.00068.x
Subject(s) - acute care , medicine , nursing , medline , psychology , medical emergency , health care , political science , law
A descriptive correlation study was conducted in an acute‐care hospital to explore the relationship between nurses' use of restraints and their attitudes toward restraint use and the elderly. A total of 201 nurses returned a questionnaire that collected demographic information and included two research instruments: (i) Perceptions of Restraint Use Questionnaire and (ii) Attitudes toward the Aged Semantic Differential. Results showed slightly positive attitudes towards the elderly and toward the use of restraints, although there was no correlation between scores on the two scales. Furthermore, nurses' attitudes did not predict their self‐reported use of restraints.