Pettit, SA, Bowers, L, Tulloch, A et al. (7 more authors) (2017) Acceptability and use of coercive methods across differing service configurations with and without seclusion and/or psychiatric intensive care units. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73 (4). pp. 966-976. ISSN 0309-2402
Abstract
Aims To compare across different service configurations the acceptability of containment methods to acute ward staff and the speed of initiation of manual restraint. Background One of the primary remits of acute inpatient psychiatric care is the reduction of risks. Where risks are higher than normal, patients can be transferred to a psychiatric intensive care unit or placed in seclusion. The abolition or reduction of these two containment methods in some hospitals may trigger compensatory increases in other forms of containment which have potential risks. How staff manage risk without access to these facilities has not been systematically studied. Design The study applied a cross-sectional design. Methods Data were collected from 207 staff at eight hospital sites in England between 2013 - 2014. Participants completed two measures; the first assessing the acceptability of different forms of containment for disturbed behaviour and the second assessing decision making in relation to the need for manual restraint of an aggressive patient. Results In service configurations with access to seclusion, staff rated seclusion as more acceptable and reported greater use of it. Psychiatric intensive care unit acceptability and use were not associated with its provision. Where there was no access to seclusion, staff were slower to initiate restraint. There was no relationship between acceptability of manual restraint and its initiation. Conclusion Tolerance of higher risk before initiating restraint was evident in wards without seclusion units. Ease of access to psychiatric intensive care units makes little difference to restraint thresholds or judgements of containment acceptability.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Advanced Nursing Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes |
Keywords: | Nursing; Mental health nursing; Seclusion; Manual restraint; Psychiatric care; Containment |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Mental Health (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number National Inst for Health Research (NIHR) PALKBEB |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2016 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2017 07:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13197 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jan.13197 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106158 |