title: Physically restraining elder residents of long-term care facilities from a nurses' perspective.
abstract: The purpose of the current study was to identify and analyse major variables affecting intended decisions of nursing staff to physically restrain elder residents of long-term care facilities. The study explored whether a research model constructed of staff characteristics and resident characteristics would prove useful for predicting behavioural intentions. A total of 120 reliable and validated questionnaires, based on the research model, were administered to nurses working in a large long-term care facility for older adults in central Israel; 104 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 86%. The research findings indicate that most of the nurses who responded (67.2%) reported that they had physically restrained elder residents more than 10 times over the past year; however, the nurses had a low intention of restraining residents during the coming year. The research results indicate that the intended decision of nursing staff to restrain elderly residents is a derivative of their behavioural beliefs and attitudes, normative beliefs and subjective norms, as well as of residents' dementia, physical state and stress.
authors.affiliation: Pat Matthews Academic School of Nursing, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel. meraav@hy.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Merav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Natan
authors.forename: Orit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akrish
authors.forename: Batsheva
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zaltkina
authors.forename: Ronit Har
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Noy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007557:Israel; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce