Research Article
Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Influencing Factors regarding Physical Restraint Use in the Intensive Care Unit: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Participant nurses’ knowledge response regarding physical restraint use at Amhara regional state referral hospitals, 2019 (n = 237).
| | Items | Responses n (%) | | Correct | Incorrect |
| | (1) Physical restraints are safety garments designed to prevent injury | 158 (66.7) | 79 (33.3) | | (2) Restraints should be used when one cannot watch the patient closely | 153 (64.6) | 84(35.4) | | (3) Patients are allowed to refuse to be placed in a restraint | 169 (71.3) | 68 (28.7) | | (4) If physical restraints (safety vest and garment) are to be used, a member of the patient’s family is required to sign a consent form | 202 (85.2) | 35 (14.8) | | (5) Restraint should be released every 2 hours if the patient is awake | 175 (73.8) | 62 (26.2) | | (6) Restraints should be put on tightly so that there is no space between the restraint and the patient’s skin | 162 (68.4) | 75 (31.6) | | (7) When a patient is restrained, the skin can break down or restlessness can increase | 153 (64.6) | 84 (35.4) | | (8) When a patient is restrained in bed, the restraint should not be attached to the side rail | 153 (64.6) | 84 (35.4) | | (9) A patient should never be restrained while lying flat in bed because of the danger of choking | 172 (72.6) | 65 (27.4) | | (10) Good alternatives to restraints do not exist | 67 (28.3) | 170 (71.7) | | (11) Deaths have been linked to the use of vest restraints | 185 (78.1) | 52 (21.9) |
| | Knowledge total mean score with standard deviation | 7.81 ± 1.89; 95% CI: (7.56–8.05) | Range = 4–11, 80.9% above the scale midpoint score |
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