The objective of this study was to determine the effects of physical restraint and electrical stunning on plasma corticosterone, postmortem metabolism, and quality of broiler breast muscle. Before slaughter, a total of 160 Arbor Acres broilers were randomly categorized into 2 replicate pens (80 broilers per pen) and every pen was randomly divided into 4 groups (free struggle, physical restraint...

BACKGROUND Physical restraints are a common, albeit controversial, tool used in the acute care setting. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of physical restraint use in an acute care hospital. Secondary objectives were to determine whether physical restraints are used more commonly in night shifts, identify patient risk factors for physical restraint use, and establish if staff-to-patient ...

This exploratory study used archived hospital data to investigate the relationships between the percentage of patients with physical restraints and the total fall rate as well as the injurious fall rate per 1000 patientdays. The two tested research questions were 1) What is the relationship between the restraint use rate and the total fall rate? 2) What is the relationship between the restraint...

OBJECTIVE To provide a critical review of contemporary literature published between 1992 and 2003 on the use of physical restraints on residents with dementia in long-term care. DESIGN Forty-two manuscripts related to dementia (cognitive impairment) and physical restraint in long-term care settings were examined. RESULTS Four dominant themes were identified in the literature: relationship b...

Background The practice of physical restraint in psychiatric emergency practice is rather frequent. Patients with substance abuse more often present aggressive behavior requiring physical restraint in such settings. The legal frame for such practice in our country is defined in the Law for the protection of persons with mental disturbances. Patients admitted to a psychiatric emergency ward were...

Coercion remains a dominant theme in mental healthcare and a source of major concern. While the presence of coercion is ubiquitous internationally, it varies significantly in nature and degree in different countries and is influenced by a variety of factors. Recent reports have raised concerns about physical restraint and the increasing use of legislation in high-income countries. At the same t...