Staff members' attitudes towards coercive measures
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Methods Interviews with staff members were conducted focusing on a coercive measure they had carried out shortly before. The half-structured interview questioned how severely the patient's human rights were restricted during the coercive measure. We measured the restriction of human rights by a scale developed for this purpose, Human DIgnity during COercive Procedures, DICOP. It consists of the aspects human dignity, ability to move, autonomy, coercion applied at the beginning of the measure, and restriction of contact. In addition staff members estimated the restriction of human rights by seclusion and mechanical restraint in general. Interviews of 39 staff members referring to 94 coercive measures were obtained.
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