Why are physical restraints still in use? A qualitative descriptive study from Chinese critical care clinicians' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand why critical care clinicians still implement physical restraints, to prevent unplanned extubation and to explore the driving factors influencing the decision-making of physical restraints use.

Design

A qualitative descriptive design was used. The data were collected through one-to-one, semistructured interviews and analysed through the framework of thematic analysis.

Participants and setting

The study was conducted from December 2019 to May 2020 at one general intensive care unit (ICU) and one emergency ICU in a general tertiary hospital with 3200 beds in Hangzhou, China. The sampling strategy was combined maximum variation sampling and criterion sampling.

Results

A total of 14 clinicians participated in the study. The reason why critic

SUBMITTER: Cui N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572407 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature