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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| author | Sailaxmi Gandhi Vijayalakshmi Poreddi - Nagarajaiah Marimutthu Palaniappan S. Sai Nikhil Reddy Suresh BadaMath |
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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-49293dbb86d949ff8ef2b5c2a445bf9e2023-12-02T16:44:49ZengUniversidad de AntioquiaInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería2216-02802018-04-0136110.17533/udea.iee.v36n1e1030920Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patientsSailaxmi Gandhi0Vijayalakshmi Poreddi1- Nagarajaiah2Marimutthu Palaniappan3S. Sai Nikhil Reddy4Suresh BadaMath5Ph.D. Additional Professor, Department of Nursing National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, (Institute of National Importance), Bangalore (India). email: sailaxmi63@yahoo.comRN, RM, BSN, MSN. College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, (Institute of National Importance), Bangalore (India). email: pvijayalakshmireddy@gmail.comPhD, Former Additional Professor, Department of Nursing National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, (Institute of National Importance), Bangalore (India). email: dr.nagarajaiah@gmail.comPhD, Additional Professor, Department of Bio-Statistics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, (Institute of National Importance), Bangalore (India). email: p_marimuthu@hotmail.comSecond year MBBS. Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore (India). email: saithereddy@gmail.comMD, Psychiatry. Professor, Department of Psychiatry National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, (Institute of National Importance), Bangalore (India). email: nimhans@gmail.comObjective. 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.https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/331951cross-sectional studieshealth knowledgeattitudespracticerestraintphysicalpsychiatric nursing. |
| spellingShingle | 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 Investigación y Educación en Enfermería cross-sectional studies health knowledge attitudes practice restraint physical psychiatric nursing. |
| title | Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients |
| title_full | Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients |
| title_fullStr | Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients |
| title_short | Indian nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients |
| title_sort | indian nurses knowledge attitude and practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients |
| topic | cross-sectional studies health knowledge attitudes practice restraint physical psychiatric nursing. |
| url | https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/331951 |
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