title: Nurses' use of restraints and their attitudes toward restraint use and the elderly in an acute care setting.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Practice Research Network, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital University Department of Nursing Research and Development, Perth, Western Australia. Helen.Myers@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nikoletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires