Risk Factors for Physical Restraint Use in Nursing Homes: The Impact of the Nursing Home Reform Act  

Oleh:

Sirin, Selcuk R. ; Castle, Nicholas G. ; Smyer, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Research On Aging vol. 24 no. 5 (Sep. 2002), page 513-527.
Fulltext: 513ROA245.pdf (65.67KB)

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This study examined the impact of the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 on residentand-facility-level risk factors for physical restraint use in nursing homes. Data on the 1990 and 1993 cohorts were obtained from 268 facilities in 10 states, and data on a 1996 cohort were obtained from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which sampled more than 800 nursing homes nationwide. Multi variate logistic regression models were generated for each cohort to identify the impact of resident- and facility-level risk factors for restraint use. The results indicate that the use of physical restraints continues to decline. Thirty-six percent of the 1990 cohort, 26 percent of the 1993 cohort, and 17 percent of the 1996 cohort were physically restrained. Although there was a reduced rate of restraint use from 1990 to 1996, similar resident-level factors but different facility-level factors were associated with restraint use at different points in time.

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