Developing how to support for the nurse managers of long-term care hospitals regarding eliminating the use of restraints.

• Project/Area Number: 24792540
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing (2013-2014); Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: OKAMOTO YUKO 日本赤十字看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (60363785)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 療養病床 / 看護管理者 / 身体拘束

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to clarify the disincentives to eliminate the use of restraints by semi-structured interviewing to four nurse managers of long-term care hospitals in Japan. One of them had already worked on removing the use of restraints. The others had tried to reduce the use of restraints. The disincentives to eliminate the use of restraints were revealed as follows: patients’ conditions, staff’s conditions, structure problem of a ward, and the trigger of use of restraints.