作者: Jeffrey R. Vittengl
关键词: Physical control 、 Context (language use) 、 Psychiatric hospital 、 Psychiatry 、 Medicine 、 Seclusion
摘要: Physical control (mechanical restraint and locked seclusion) of psychiatric patients has received increasing scrutiny, better understanding the timing physical would allow for more informed choices about its implementation. This study examined temporal regularities in use at a general hospital over period 8.6 years. As hypothesized, was not randomly distributed through time but instead showed positive autocorrelation; yearly, weekly, daily cycles; higher frequency patients' smoking, meal, medication times. These results are discussed context research, theory, policy.