Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Nurses Working in the Adult Intensive-Care Unit and Associated Factors towards the Use of Physical Restraint in Federally Administered Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Selected items measuring participant nurses’ knowledge regarding physical restraint use at federally administered hospitals in Addis Ababa, 2019 (n = 112).
Statements
Yes, N (%)
No, N (%)
I do not know, N (%)
Mean ± SD
Do you use physical restraints in your unit?
79 (70.5)
33 (29.5)
1.29 ± 0.458
Does your unit have a written policy on the use of physical restraint?
34 (30.4)
51 (45.5)
27 (24.1)
1.94 ± 0.74
Do you have any training on how to apply a physical restraint?
33 (29%)
73 (65.2%)
6 (5.4%)
1.76 ± 0.54
Do you know physical restraint is only allowed to protect patients or other people from injuries?
61 (54.5%)
40 (35.7%)
11 (9.8%)
1.55 ± 0.67
Do you know there may be danger of choking if a patient restrained while lying flat in bed?
70 (62.5%)
28 (25%)
14 (12.5%)
1.5 ± 0.71
Do you know restraints should be released every 2 hours, if the patient is awake?
53 (47.3%)
42 (37.5%)
17 (15.2%)
1.7 ± 0.73
Do you know alternatives to restraints?
70 (634%)
41 (36.6%)
5 (4.5%)
1.4 ± 0.58
Is there a limited time that an individual patient can be restrained in your unit?
52 (46, 4%)
45 (40.2%)
15 (13.4%0
1.67 ± 0.7
Confusions and disorientations are good reasons for the use of physical restraint
62 (55.4%)
31 (27.7%)
19 (17%)
1.62 ± 0.76
Nurses can be punished for threatening the patients if they use physical restraint when it is not required
42 (37.5%)
49 (43.8%)
21 (18, 8%)
1.8 ± 0.73
Records of usage should be kept for each patient who is restrained in every shift
66 (58.9%)
26 (23.2%)
20 (17.9%)
1.6 ± 0.78
Only in emergencies, nurses are allowed to use the physical restraint on patients without any doctor’s instruction
