Indian nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients
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1 avril 2018
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10.17533/udea.iee.v36n1e10
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cross-sectional studies health knowledge, attitudes, practice restraint, physical psychiatric nursingSujets proches
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Sailaxmi Gandhi et al., « Indian nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients », Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, ID : 10670/1.vrc7xf
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Objective To assess nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards using physical restraints among psychiatric patients. Methods A descriptive cross sectional survey was carried out among conveniently selected sample of nurses working in psychiatry departments at a tertiary care center. The data was collected using self reported questionnaires of Suen. Results The findings revealed that nurses had good knowledge (7.2±1.7, maximum posible=11), favorable attitudes 30.8± 3.3 (maximum posible=48) and good practice 31.2±6.2 (maximun posible=42) about use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients. Females had better knowledge (p