Affiliation:
1. Elaine Marieb College of Nursing University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Massachusetts USA
2. Computer and Information Science Department University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth Massachusetts USA
3. LifeSpan Healthcare System Providence Rhode Island USA
4. College of Art and Science University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth Massachusetts USA
5. Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Massachusetts USA
Abstract
AbstractProblemAlthough physical restraint practices and psychotropic/sedative pro re neta (PRN, as needed) medications have been commonly used for managing inpatient aggression, little is known about the characteristics of adolescents who receive them in psychiatric adolescent inpatient units. We aimed to determine the relationship between the use of physical restraints and psychotropic/sedative PRN medications, and to characterize individual attributes, substance use, clinical factors, and time of the first restraint episodes of the use of physical restraints and psychotropic/sedative PRN medications.MethodsA retrospective case‐control study approach was used with the data from electronic health records at a pediatric psychiatric hospital in the United States. Descriptive statistics, χ2, multivariate logistic regression, and Cox proportional hazard model were used.FindingsParticipants of younger age and participants with a longer length of stay were significantly associated with the use of physical restraints and psychotropic/sedative PRN medications, although the substance‐related risks were not significantly associated with the use of restraints. Physical restraints were more likely to have occurred soon after the admission and tapered off as the length of stay increased.ConclusionsThis study provides important information in understanding the risk factors of the use of restraints and psychotropic/sedative PRN medications in psychiatric adolescent inpatient units.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Pediatrics,General Medicine,Pshychiatric Mental Health
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