Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients

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 dat...

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Autores principales: Sailaxmi Gandhi, Vijayalakshmi Poreddi, - Nagarajaiah, Marimutthu Palaniappan, S. Sai Nikhil Reddy, Suresh BadaMath
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:49293dbb86d949ff8ef2b5c2a445bf9e2021-11-27T15:01:35ZIndian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients2216-028010.17533/udea.iee.v36n1e10https://doaj.org/article/49293dbb86d949ff8ef2b5c2a445bf9e2018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/331951https://doaj.org/toc/2216-0280Objective. 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<0.001), attitudes (p<0.05) than males towards use of physical restraints. Nurses those had more than ten years of experience found to have more favorable attitudes towards using physical restraints than nurses with less experience (p<0.05) and nurses with higher education Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients differed significantly on practice score than nurses with basic education in nursing (p<0.05). Conclusion. This study revealed good knowledge, positive attitudes and good practices among nurses about using physical restraints in mental health services. However there is need to improve even more nurses practice through continuing education programs on this topic. How to cite this article: Gandhi S, Vijayalakshmi P, Nagarajaiah, Marimuthu P, Reddy SSN, Suresh BM. Indian nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients. Invest. Educ. Enferm. 2018; 36(1):e10.Sailaxmi GandhiVijayalakshmi Poreddi- NagarajaiahMarimutthu PalaniappanS. Sai Nikhil ReddySuresh BadaMathUniversidad de Antioquiaarticlecross-sectional studieshealth knowledgeattitudespracticerestraintphysicalpsychiatric nursing.NursingRT1-120ENInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 36, Iss 1 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic cross-sectional studies
health knowledge
attitudes
practice
restraint
physical
psychiatric nursing.
Nursing
RT1-120
spellingShingle cross-sectional studies
health knowledge
attitudes
practice
restraint
physical
psychiatric nursing.
Nursing
RT1-120
Sailaxmi Gandhi
Vijayalakshmi Poreddi
- Nagarajaiah
Marimutthu Palaniappan
S. Sai Nikhil Reddy
Suresh BadaMath
Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients
description 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<0.001), attitudes (p<0.05) than males towards use of physical restraints. Nurses those had more than ten years of experience found to have more favorable attitudes towards using physical restraints than nurses with less experience (p<0.05) and nurses with higher education Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients differed significantly on practice score than nurses with basic education in nursing (p<0.05). Conclusion. This study revealed good knowledge, positive attitudes and good practices among nurses about using physical restraints in mental health services. However there is need to improve even more nurses practice through continuing education programs on this topic. How to cite this article: Gandhi S, Vijayalakshmi P, Nagarajaiah, Marimuthu P, Reddy SSN, Suresh BM. Indian nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients. Invest. Educ. Enferm. 2018; 36(1):e10.
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Vijayalakshmi Poreddi
- Nagarajaiah
Marimutthu Palaniappan
S. Sai Nikhil Reddy
Suresh BadaMath
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Suresh BadaMath
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title Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients
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