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 3
Selected items measuring participant nurses’ attitude regarding physical restraint use at federally administered hospitals in Addis Ababa, 2019 (n = 112) (n = 112).
Statements
Agree, N (%)
Disagree, N (%)
Nondecided, N (%)
Mean ± SD
Do you think that family members have the right to refuse the use of PR?
67 (59.8%)
17 (15.2%)
28 (25%)
1.7 ± 0.85
Do you think that a PR should be prescribed by a responsible body?
68 (60.7%)
18 (16.1%)
26 (23.2)
1.63 ± 0.84
If you were a patient, do you think that you have the right to refuse being restrained?
60 (53.6%)
39 (34.8%)
13 (11.6%)
1.6 ± 0.7
Do you feel discomfort when placing a patient on restraint?
70 (62.5%)
27 (24.1%)
15 (134%)
1.51 ± 0.72
Do you feel embarrassed when family members enter the restrained patient’s room when they have not been informed?
66 (58.9%)
36 (32.1%)
10 (8.9%)
1.5 ± 0.66
The hospital is responsible to adhering to the laws on the use of restraints to ensure the safety of a patient
75 (67%)
21 (18.8%)
16 (14.3%)
1.5 ± 0.74
Do you feel uncomfortable if a patient becomes more upset after being restrained?
74 (66.1%)
31 (27.7%)
7 (6.3)
1.4 ± 0.6
Do you think that placing a patient in restraints can decrease nursing-care time?
55 (49.1%)
50 (44.6%)
7 (6.3%)
1.6 ± 0.6
Patients suffer from feeling inferior when they are restrained
58 (51.8%)
39 (34.8%)
15 (13.4%)
1.6 ± 0.7
Do you think it is important to apply restraints to assure legal protection for yourself and your center?
61 (54.5%)
37 (33%)
14 (12.5%)
1.6 ± 0.7
Do you believe that restraints increase the risk of strangulation?
