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Table 5 Percentage of reported experience or use of containment measures, separated by groups and study sites

From: Attitudinal variance among patients, next of kin and health care professionals towards the use of containment measures in three psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland

 

Patients

NOK

HCP

Muensingen

Zurich

Monthey

Muensingen

Zurich

Monthey

Muensingen

Zurich

Monthey

1

PRN (as-needed) medication

72%

75%

85%

56%

73%

66%

87%

87%

62%

3

Intermittent observation

41%

42%

49%

25%

61%

51%

72%

84%

82%

5

Time out

30%

32%

43%

13%

35%

36%

78%

79%

61%

9

Constant observation

24%

19%

17%

11%

15%

28%

57%

84%

81%

7

PICU

48%

57%

18%

66%

62%

34%

93%

92%

49%

11

Open-area seclusion

25%

14%

15%

17%

12%

17%

31%

16%

30%

2

Physical restraint

14%

28%

21%

9%

13%

21%

50%

66%

76%

6

IM medication

18%

17%

22%

11%

9%

43%

69%

72%

86%

4

Seclusion

33%

40%

17%

25%

37%

19%

86%

86%

43%

8

Mechanical restraint

28%

16%

11%

17%

14%

20%

83%

76%

45%

10

Net bed

1%

0%

2%

0%

0%

7%

1%

1%

0%

 

Mean

30%

31%

27%

23%

30%

31%

64%

68%

56%

  1. NOK Next-of-kin, HCP Healthcare professionals, PRN Pro re nata, PICU Psychiatric intensive care unit, IM Intramuscular