Optimal performance of future adaptive restraint systems will require an accurate assessment of occupant characteristics including physical properties and pre-collision behavior of the occupant. This study is aimed at evaluating the sensitivity of frontal collision induced injuries to occupant state parameters: stature, mass, and pre-collision postural orientation. A numerically modeled restrai...

OBJECTIVE To develop an intervention that will enable nursing home personnel to remove physical restraints from nursing-home residents safely and cost effectively. DESIGN A multicenter prospective pre-post study. SETTING Sixteen high-restraint-use nursing homes, four each from California, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina. The 16 facilities have 2075 beds. INTERVENTION A 2-year educa...

There are significant issues associated with the use of restrictive measures, such as seclusion and restraint, in child and adolescent mental health care. Greater understanding of how restrictive measures are used is important for informing strategies to reduce their use. In this brief report we present a 12-month audit (1/1/2010-31/12/2011) of the use of restrictive measures (seclusion, physic...

BACKGROUND The objective of this research was to profile and compare state-level physical restraint use, urethral catheterization, contractures, pressure ulcers, and psychoactive medication use as indicators of quality of care in nursing facilities. METHODS Using nationally representative data from the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting system for 2000 (N = 17,072), we calculated pre...

The Canadian Supreme Court held that the right of parents to choose or refuse medical treatment for their children based on religious beliefs is not a liberty included in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The parents of S.B., a premature infant, consented to all medical treatment except blood transfusions, to which they objected as Jehovah's Witnesses. Because of a potentially life-t...

Background: COVID-19 infection increases the need for physical restraint in acute care settings. 
 Objective: This study aims to examine nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding use of patients with COVID-19.
 Methods: descriptive was conducted using online self-report questionnaires distributed 285 intensive nurses. In data collection, “Nurses Information Form” “Level Kno...

OBJECTIVE To determine in a representative Dutch sample the association of dietary restraint, Concern for Dieting, and Weight Fluctuation with subsequent change in body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) in addition to possible moderator effects of sex, level of education, age category, ethnicity, overweight level and physical activity. DESIGN In a longitudinal study in a representative Dutch sampl...

the effects of some histaminergic agents were evaluated on stress- induced immunosuppression in immunized nale rats. in rat immunized with sheep red blood cells ( srbcs). restraint stress (rs) prevented the booster-induced rise in anti-srbc antibody titre and cell immunity response. intracerebroventicular (i.c>v) injection of histamine (150 µg/rat) induced a similar effect with rs. pretreatment...

INTRODUCTION One of the indicators of quality care in nursing homes is the proper use of physical restraints. Restraints have been associated with multiple complications, such as pressure ulcers, incontinence and immobility. The aim of our study was to assess the indication, use and complications related to physical restraints in Singapore nursing homes. MATERIALS AND METHODS All residents ag...

Individual characteristics, dietary intake and physical activity influence weight status; however, the contribution of each factor to weight change has not been studied. The objective was to confirm a conceptual framework by simultaneously assessing the relative influence of socioeconomic, psychological and sensory characteristics, physical activity, and dietary intake on five-year weight gain ...