Clavon A M
VA Outpatient Clinic, Oakland Park, FL 33334.
Mil Med. 1991 Sep;156(9):499-501.
A no-restraint policy was implemented for 50 elderly residents of a small nursing home to determine if decreasing the use of restraints would increase falls. The decision not to restrain posed a conflict between protection of the patient and staff beliefs. The results of the study seem to contradict popularly held beliefs concerning restraining the institutionalized elderly to decrease falls. During the 2-year period, only two patients sustained minor abrasions due to falls, and one patient experienced a fractured hip.
一家小型养老院对50名老年居民实施了无约束政策，以确定减少约束措施的使用是否会增加跌倒情况。不进行约束的决定在保护患者与工作人员的观念之间引发了冲突。该研究结果似乎与普遍持有的关于对机构养老的老年人进行约束以减少跌倒的观念相矛盾。在这两年期间，只有两名患者因跌倒受了轻伤，一名患者髋部骨折。
