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- Title
Racial Disparities in the Use of Physical Restraints in U.S. Nursing Homes.
- Authors
Cassie, Kimberly M.; Cassie, William
- Abstract
The use of physical restraints in nursing homes among black and white residents was examined on the basis of data from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey to determine if black residents were more susceptible to the use of physical restraints. Odds ratios acquired through logistic regression are provided with 95 percent confidence intervals. Findings revealed that black residents are more likely than white residents to be restrained with bed rails, side rails, and trunk restraints. Findings suggest that racial disparities exist in the use of physical restraints. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BLACK people; CONFIDENCE intervals; DATABASE management; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSING home patients; NURSING care facilities; RACE; RESTRAINT of patients; SOCIAL case work; SURVEYS; WHITE people; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 4, p207
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/hlt020