3,147
Views
73
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

A Review of Interventions to Reduce Mechanical Restraint and Seclusion among Adult Psychiatric Inpatients

, PhD, , MSc, , RMN, PhD, , RMN, PhD & , PhD
Pages 413-424 | Published online: 07 May 2010

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (4)

Lea Deichmann Nielsen, Per Bech, Lise Hounsgaard & Frederik Alkier Gildberg. (2017) ‘Mechanical restraint—confounders, risk, alliance score’: testing the clinical validity of a new risk assessment instrument. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 71:6, pages 441-447.
Read now
Lene Lauge Berring, Jan Kåre Hummelvoll, Liselotte Pedersen & Niels Buus. (2016) A Co-operative Inquiry Into Generating, Describing, and Transforming Knowledge About De-escalation Practices in Mental Health Settings. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 37:7, pages 451-463.
Read now
Git-Marie Ejneborn Looi, Åsa Engström & Stefan Sävenstedt. (2015) A Self-Destructive Care: Self-Reports of People Who Experienced Coercive Measures and their Suggestions for Alternatives. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 36:2, pages 96-103.
Read now
Damian Smith, Eric Roche, Kieran O’Loughlin, Daria Brennan, Kevin Madigan, John Lyne, Larkin Feeney & Brian O’Donoghue. (2014) Satisfaction with services following voluntary and involuntary admission. Journal of Mental Health 23:1, pages 38-45.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (69)

Martin Locht Pedersen, Frederik Alkier Gildberg, John Baker & Ellen Boldrup Tingleff. (2023) A systematic review of interventions to reduce mechanical restraint in adult mental health inpatient settings. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.
Crossref
Soo Downe, Rebecca Nowland, Andrew Clegg, Naseerah Akooji, Cath Harris, Alan Farrier, Lisa Tanyaradzwa Gondo, Kenny Finlayson, Gill Thomson, Carol Kingdon, Hedieh Mehrtash, Rebekah McCrimmon & Özge Tunçalp. (2023) Theories for interventions to reduce physical and verbal abuse: A mixed methods review of the health and social care literature to inform future maternity care. PLOS Global Public Health 3:4, pages e0001594.
Crossref
Eleonora RosseroEleonora Rossero. 2023. Care in a Time of Crisis. Care in a Time of Crisis 61 83 .
Ahmet GÖKTAŞ & Kadriye BULDUKOĞLU. (2022) Fiziksel Tespit Azaltma Kapsamında Uygulanan MüdahalelerInterventions Applied in the Scope of Reducing Physical Restraints. Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Dergisi 4:1, pages 27-32.
Crossref
Keiran Wilson, Jessica Eaton, Una Foye, Madeleine Ellis, Ellen Thomas & Alan Simpson. (2021) What evidence supports the use of Body Worn Cameras in mental health inpatient wards? A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the effects of Body Worn Cameras in public sector services. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 31:2, pages 260-277.
Crossref
Marie-Hélène Goulet & Clara Lessard-Deschênes. (2022) Le Modèle de prévention de l’utilisation des mesures de contrôle en santé mentale : une revue intégrativeThe Model of Prevention of Seclusion and Restraint Use in Mental Health: An Integrative Review. Santé mentale au Québec 47:1, pages 151.
Crossref
Omri Sinai, Rafael Stryjer, Esther Bloemhof-Bris, Shira Weizman & Assaf Shelef. (2021) Olanzapine intramuscular shows better efficacy than zuclopenthixol acetate intramuscular in reducing the need for restraint, but not in comparison to haloperidol intramuscular. International Clinical Psychopharmacology 37:1, pages 9-13.
Crossref
Charlotta Thunborg, Martin Salzman-Erikson & Annakarin Olsson. (2021) The Swedish translation of Perceptions of Restraint Use Questionnaire (PRUQ): A test-retest reliability study in two dementia nursing homes. BMC Geriatrics 21:1.
Crossref
Jose I. Pérez‐Revuelta, Rocío Torrecilla‐Olavarrieta, Edgar García‐Spínola, Ángela López‐Martín, Rafael Guerrero‐Vida, Jose M. Mongil‐San Juan, Carmen Rodríguez‐Gómez, Juan M. Pascual‐Paño, Francisco González‐Sáiz & Jose M. Villagrán‐Moreno. (2021) Factors associated with the use of mechanical restraint in a mental health hospitalization unit: 8‐year retrospective analysis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 28:6, pages 1052-1064.
Crossref
Bronwen Davies, Jade Silver, Scarlett Josham, Emma Grist, Lewis Jones, Nicky Francis, Cerys Truelove, Matthew Shindler, Sian Jones & Alice Gwatkin. (2020) An evaluation of the implementation of Safewards on an assessment and treatment unit for people with an intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 25:3, pages 357-369.
Crossref
Ekaterina Anderson, David C. Mohr, Ilana Regenbogen, Lakshmana Swamy, Eric G. Smith, Sarah Mourra & Seppo T. Rinne. (2021) Influence of Organizational Climate and Clinician Morale on Seclusion and Physical Restraint Use in Inpatient Psychiatric Units. Journal of Patient Safety 17:4, pages 316-322.
Crossref
Eva Krieger, Steffen Moritz, Tania M. Lincoln, Rabea Fischer & Matthias Nagel. (2020) Coercion in psychiatry: A cross‐sectional study on staff views and emotions. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 28:2, pages 149-162.
Crossref
Eric Lim, Dianne Wynaden & Karen Heslop. (2020) Using Q‐methodology to explore mental health nurses’ knowledge and skills to use recovery‐focused care to reduce aggression in acute mental health settings. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 30:2, pages 413-426.
Crossref
Ishbel McMichael, Olivia Tiley, Josephine Broyd & David Murphy. (2020) Examining the relationship between neuropsychological functioning assessed during admission to a high secure psychiatric care hospital and vulnerability to long-term segregation. The Journal of Forensic Practice 23:1, pages 13-25.
Crossref
John Baker, Kathryn Berzins, Krysia Canvin, Iris Benson, Ian Kellar, Judy Wright, Rocio Rodriguez Lopez, Joy Duxbury, Tim Kendall & Duncan Stewart. (2021) Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: the COMPARE systematic mapping review. Health Services and Delivery Research 9:5, pages 1-184.
Crossref
Junrong Ye, Aixiang Xiao, Chen Wang, Zhichun Xia, Lin Yu, Sijue Li, Jiankui Lin, Yao Liao, Yu Xu & Yun Lei Zhang. (2020) Evaluating the effectiveness of a CRSCE-based de-escalation training program among psychiatric nurses: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research 20:1.
Crossref
Morgan C. Shields & Alisa B. Busch. (2020) The Effect of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program on the Use of Restraint and Seclusion. Medical Care 58:10, pages 889-894.
Crossref
Jentien M. Vermeulen, Paul Doedens, Lindy‐Lou N. J. Boyette, Bea Spek, Corine H. M. Latour & Lieuwe de Haan. (2019) “But I did not touch nobody!”—Patients' and nurses' perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards—A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 75:11, pages 2845-2854.
Crossref
Junrong Ye, Chen Wang, Aixiang Xiao, Zhichun Xia, Lin Yu, Jiankui Lin, Yao Liao, Yu Xu & Yunlei Zhang. (2019) Physical restraint in mental health nursing: A concept analysis. International Journal of Nursing Sciences 6:3, pages 343-348.
Crossref
N. Zoe Hilton, Elke Ham & Michael C. Seto. (2019) Assessment of Risk for Seclusion Among Forensic Inpatients: Validation and Modification of the Risk of Administrative Segregation Tool (RAST). International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 63:8, pages 1424-1445.
Crossref
Marit Helene Hem, Bert Molewijk, Elisabeth Gjerberg, Lillian Lillemoen & Reidar Pedersen. (2018) The significance of ethics reflection groups in mental health care: a focus group study among health care professionals. BMC Medical Ethics 19:1.
Crossref
Christina Terrell, Kanwar Brar, Sharon Nuss & Rif S. El-Mallakh. (2018) Resource Utilization with the Use of Seclusion and Restraint in a Dedicated Emergency Psychiatric Service. Southern Medical Journal 111:11, pages 703-705.
Crossref
Junrong Ye, Aixiang Xiao, Lin Yu, Jianxiong Guo, Huawei Lei, Hongmei Wei & Wei Luo. (2018) Staff Training Reduces the Use of Physical Restraint in Mental Health Service, Evidence-based Reflection for China. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 32:3, pages 488-494.
Crossref
C. Wilson, L. Rouse, S. Rae & M. Kar Ray. (2018) Mental health inpatients’ and staff members’ suggestions for reducing physical restraint: A qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 25:3, pages 188-200.
Crossref
Tessa Maguire, Michael Daffern, Steven J Bowe & Brian McKenna. (2018) Risk assessment and subsequent nursing interventions in a forensic mental health inpatient setting: Associations and impact on aggressive behaviour. Journal of Clinical Nursing 27:5-6.
Crossref
Steve Geoffrion, Jane Goncalves, Charles-Édouard Giguère & Stéphane Guay. (2017) Impact of a Program for the Management of Aggressive Behaviors on Seclusion and Restraint Use in Two High-Risk Units of a Mental Health Institute. Psychiatric Quarterly 89:1, pages 95-102.
Crossref
Carlos Aguilera-Serrano, Jose Guzman-Parra, Juan A Garcia-Sanchez, Berta Moreno-Küstner & Fermin Mayoral-Cleries. (2017) Variables Associated With the Subjective Experience of Coercive Measures in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Systematic Review. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 63:2, pages 129-144.
Crossref
Bing Xiang Yang, Teresa E. Stone, Marcia A. Petrini & Diana L. Morris. (2018) Incidence, Type, Related Factors, and Effect of Workplace Violence on Mental Health Nurses: A Cross-sectional Survey. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 32:1, pages 31-38.
Crossref
Junrong Ye, Aixiang Xiao, Lin Yu, Hongmei Wei, Chen Wang & Tianyun Luo. (2018) Physical restraints: An ethical dilemma in mental health services in China. International Journal of Nursing Sciences 5:1, pages 68-71.
Crossref
Alexandra Hernandez, Sanaz Riahi, Melanie I. Stuckey, Barbara A. Mildon & Philip E. Klassen. (2017) Multidimensional approach to restraint minimization: The journey of a specialized mental health organization. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 26:5, pages 482-490.
Crossref
Marie-Hélène Goulet, Caroline Larue & Alexandre Dumais. (2017) Evaluation of seclusion and restraint reduction programs in mental health: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior 34, pages 139-146.
Crossref
Ellen W. Blair, Stephen Woolley, Bonnie L. Szarek, Theodore F. Mucha, Olga Dutka, Harold I. Schwartz, Jeff Wisniowski & John W. Goethe. (2016) Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting: A Pilot Study. Psychiatric Quarterly 88:1, pages 1-7.
Crossref
Joshua C. Felver, Richard Jones, Matthew A. Killam, Christopher Kryger, Kristen Race & Laura Lee McIntyre. (2016) Contemplative Intervention Reduces Physical Interventions for Children in Residential Psychiatric Treatment. Prevention Science 18:2, pages 164-173.
Crossref
A.A. Verlinde, E.O. Noorthoorn, W. Snelleman, H. van den Berg, M. Snelleman – van der Plas & P. Lepping. (2020) Seclusion and enforced medication in dealing with aggression: A prospective dynamic cohort study. European Psychiatry 39, pages 86-92.
Crossref
John Tully, Leo McSweeney, Katie-Lynn Harfield, Cindie Castle & Mrigendra Das. (2016) Innovation and pragmatism required to reduce seclusion practices. CNS Spectrums 21:6, pages 424-429.
Crossref
Jose Guzman-Parra, Justyna Guzik, Juan A. Garcia-Sanchez, Isabel Pino-Benitez, Carlos Aguilera-Serrano & Fermin Mayoral-Cleries. (2016) Characteristics of psychiatric hospitalizations with multiple mechanical restraint episodes versus hospitalization with a single mechanical restraint episode. Psychiatry Research 244, pages 210-213.
Crossref
Candice Oster, Adam Gerace, Del Thomson & Eimear Muir-Cochrane. (2016) Seclusion and restraint use in adult inpatient mental health care: An Australian perspective. Collegian 23:2, pages 183-190.
Crossref
Jose Guzman-Parra, Carlos Aguilera Serrano, Juan A. García-Sánchez, Isabel Pino-Benítez, Mercedes Alba-Vallejo, Berta Moreno-Küstner & Fermin Mayoral-Cleries. (2016) Effectiveness of a Multimodal Intervention Program for Restraint Prevention in an Acute Spanish Psychiatric Ward. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 22:3, pages 233-241.
Crossref
Raúl F. Gutiérrez-Herrera, Irasema Sierra-Ayala, Héctor Manuel Riquelme-Heras & Olga Padrón-López. (2016) Uso de restricción física en estancias geriátricas del área metropolitana de Monterrey, México. Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología 51:3, pages 180-181.
Crossref
Marie-Hélène Goulet & Caroline Larue. (2016) Post-Seclusion and/or Restraint Review in Psychiatry: A Scoping Review. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 30:1, pages 120-128.
Crossref
Anne Kanerva, Johanna Lammintakanen & Tuula Kivinen. (2016) Nursing Staff's Perceptions of Patient Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 52:1, pages 25-31.
Crossref
Johann Brink & Ilvy Goossens. 2016. The Use of Coercive Measures in Forensic Psychiatric Care. The Use of Coercive Measures in Forensic Psychiatric Care 185 208 .
Eric Noorthoorn, Peter Lepping, Wim Janssen, Adriaan Hoogendoorn, Henk Nijman, Guy Widdershoven & Tilman Steinert. (2015) One-year incidence and prevalence of seclusion: Dutch findings in an international perspective. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 50:12, pages 1857-1869.
Crossref
Jose Guzman-Parra, Juan A. Garcia-Sanchez, Isabel Pino-Benitez, Mercedes Alba-Vallejo & Fermin Mayoral-Cleries. (2015) Effects of a Regulatory Protocol for Mechanical Restraint and Coercion in a Spanish Psychiatric Ward. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 51:4, pages 260-267.
Crossref
Martin Salzmann-Erikson. (2015) Limiting Patients as a Nursing Practice in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units to Ensure Safety and Gain Control. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 51:4, pages 241-252.
Crossref
Len Bowers, Karen James, Alan Quirk, Alan Simpson, Duncan Stewart & John Hodsoll. (2015) Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: The Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies 52:9, pages 1412-1422.
Crossref
P. S. Mann-Poll, A. Smit, B. Koekkoek & G. Hutschemaekers. (2015) Seclusion as a necessary vs. an appropriate intervention: a vignette study among mental health nurses. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 22:4, pages 226-233.
Crossref
Martha Blair & Fletcher Moulton-Adelman. (2015) The Engagement Model for Reducing Seclusion and Restraint: 13 Years Later. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 53:3, pages 39-45.
Crossref
Christien E. Boumans, Serge J. W. Walvoort, Jos I. M. Egger & Giel J. M. Hutschemaekers. (2014) The Methodical Work Approach and the Reduction in the Use of Seclusion: How did it Work?. Psychiatric Quarterly 86:1, pages 1-17.
Crossref
SudhirK Khandelwal, KoushikSinha Deb & Vijay Krishnan. (2015) Restraint and seclusion in India. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 31:2, pages 141.
Crossref
Päivi Soininen, Hanna Putkonen, Grigori Joffe, Jyrki Korkeila & Maritta Välimäki. (2014) Methodological and ethical challenges in studying patients’ perceptions of coercion: a systematic mixed studies review. BMC Psychiatry 14:1.
Crossref
Marije Valenkamp, Kathleen Delaney & Fop Verheij. (2014) Reducing Seclusion and Restraint During Child and Adolescent Inpatient Treatment: Still an Underdeveloped Area of Research. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 27:4, pages 169-174.
Crossref
Stephen M. Stahl, Debbi A. Morrissette, Michael Cummings, Allen Azizian, Shannon Bader, Charles Broderick, Laura Dardashti, Darci Delgado, Jonathan Meyer, Jennifer O’Day, George Proctor, Benjamin Rose, Marie Schur, Eric Schwartz, Susan Velasquez & Katherine Warburton. (2014) California State Hospital Violence Assessment and Treatment (Cal-VAT) guidelines. CNS Spectrums 19:5, pages 449-465.
Crossref
Marije Valenkamp & Sanne Nonhebel. (2014) Gluren Bij De Buren. Kind & Adolescent Praktijk 13:3, pages 100-106.
Crossref
Jesper Bak, Vibeke Zoffmann, Dorte Maria Sestoft, Roger Almvik & Mette Brandt-Christensen. (2014) Mechanical Restraint in Psychiatry: Preventive Factors in Theory and Practice. A Danish-Norwegian Association Study. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 50:3, pages 155-166.
Crossref
Lisa O’Farrell, Michael Byrne & Linda Moore. (2014) National standards: improving patient rights and safety of health services. Clinical Governance: An International Journal 19:3, pages 194-206.
Crossref
Kathleen R. Delaney & Mary E. Johnson. (2014) Metasynthesis of Research on the Role of Psychiatric Inpatient Nurses. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 20:2, pages 125-137.
Crossref
Maryam Rakhmatullina, Abraham Taub & Theresa Jacob. (2013) Morbidity and Mortality Associated with the Utilization of Restraints. Psychiatric Quarterly 84:4, pages 499-512.
Crossref
Eóin David Rickard, Jeffrey Chan & Brian Merriman. (2013) Issues Emanating From the Implementation of Policies on Restraint Use With People With Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 10:3, pages 252-259.
Crossref
W. A. Janssen, E. O. Noorthoorn, H. L. I. Nijman, L. Bowers, A. W. Hoogendoorn, A. Smit & G. A. M. Widdershoven. (2012) Differences in Seclusion Rates Between Admission Wards: Does Patient Compilation Explain?. Psychiatric Quarterly 84:1, pages 39-52.
Crossref
Irina Georgieva, Cornelis L. Mulder & Eric Noorthoorn. (2013) Reducing seclusion through involuntary medication: A randomized clinical trial. Psychiatry Research 205:1-2, pages 48-53.
Crossref
L. BOWERS, J. ROSS, J. OWITI, J. BAKER, C. ADAMS & D. STEWART. (2012) Event sequencing of forced intramuscular medication in England. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 19:9, pages 799-806.
Crossref
Len Bowers, Natalie Hammond, Karen James, Alan Quirk, Debbie Robson & Duncan Stewart. (2012) Characteristics of acute wards associated with the presence of a psychiatric intensive care unit, and transfers of patients to it. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care 8:02, pages 66-77.
Crossref
Len Bowers, Jamie Ross, Henk Nijman, Eimear Muir‐Cochrane, Eric Noorthoorn & Duncan Stewart. (2011) The scope for replacing seclusion with time out in acute inpatient psychiatry in England. Journal of Advanced Nursing 68:4, pages 826-835.
Crossref
Suzanne Barnum Goetz & Ann Taylor-Trujillo. (2012) A Change in Culture. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 18:2, pages 96-103.
Crossref
Theo van Achterberg & Anne E. Sales. (2011) Implementation Science for nursing: Evidence needed! Call for papers for a special issue. International Journal of Nursing Studies 48:10, pages 1163-1164.
Crossref
Theo van Achterberg. (2011) WITHDRAWN: Implementation Science for nursing: Evidence needed! Call for papers for a Special Issue. International Journal of Nursing Studies.
Crossref
A. DUMAIS, C. LARUE, A. DRAPEAU, G. MÉNARD & M. GIGUÈRE ALLARD. (2011) Prevalence and correlates of seclusion with or without restraint in a Canadian psychiatric hospital: a 2-year retrospective audit. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 18:5, pages 394-402.
Crossref
Rosalina F Chiovitti. (2011) Theory of protective empowering for balancing patient safety and choices. Nursing Ethics 18:1, pages 88-101.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.