Effects of a Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce Physical Restraints for Care Providers in Nursing Homes

NCT05193773 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 104-5256B
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 354
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Scholars from around the world have been strongly advocating restraint-free care in long-term care institutions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a multifactorial intervention to reduce physical restraints for care providers in nursing homes.

Conditions

Nursing Homes; Intervention; Older People

Keywords

care providers; restraints

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• knowledge

  The Knowledge of Restraints use scale . The Knowledge of Restraints use scale was used to assess the knowledge component. The scale consists of 20 items scored as 1 (true) or 0 (false or uncertainty). A higher score indicates more knowledge; total scores range from 0 to 20.

  8 minutes

• Attitudes

  The Attitudes of Restraints use scale . The Attitudes of Restraints use scale was used to assess participants' attitudes about restraint use. The scale is a 15 items with a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (not at all agree) to 5 (most agree); the range of total scores is from 15 to 75. Higher scores indicate more negative attitudes about physical restraint use.

  8 minutes

• Behavior

  The Behavior of restraints use scale . The Behavior of restraints use scale was used to assess care providers' behavior about restraint use. The scale consists of 13 items scored as 1 (yes) or 0 (no); the range of total scores is from 0 to 13. The higher the score, the better the behavior.

  4 minutes

• physical restraint use

  the percentage of physical restraint use

  1 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Restraint types

  1 minutes

• Multiple restraints

  1 minutes

• agitated and inappropriate behavior

  1 minutes

• Extubation rate

  1 minutes

• falls rate

  1 minutes

Study Arms (2)

comparison group

NO INTERVENTION

The Control Group received no extra care.

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention Group, Intervention with follow-up, will have a multifactorial interventions to reduce physical restraint.

Other: multifactorial interventions

Interventions

multifactorial interventions OTHER

The experimental group underwent multifactorial interventions to reduce physical restraint, including developing routines for physical restraint, promoting institutional policies to reduce the use of physical restraint, developing alternative methods, education, and consultations.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• A full-time care provider
• Worked in a nursing home for more than three months
• Care providers have imposed physical restraints on elderly residents aged 60 or above Within the last month.

You may not qualify if:

• can't speak or read chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Su-Hua Liang: lead

Study Sites (1)

Nursing Homes

Miaoli, Taiwan

Location

Study Officials

• Su-Hua Liang

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 5, 2022
• First Posted: January 18, 2022
• Study Start: September 7, 2015
• Primary Completion: February 29, 2016
• Study Completion: February 29, 2016
• Last Updated: January 18, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-01

Locations

TW (1)