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Delirium and Physical Restraint in the Hospitalized Elderly
Author(s) -
SullivanMarx Eileen M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00337.x
Subject(s) - delirium , confusion , physical illness , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , nursing , cognition , psychoanalysis
Delirium or acute confusion increase the likelihood of physical restraint use and subsequent harmful physical and psychological effects. Assessment for delirium is presented as a conceptual framework to guide researchers, administrators, and clinicians in developing strategies to decrease the use of physical restraint and to support quality of life for hospitalized older adults.