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- There is a growing agreement that seclusion and restraint shouldn't be used on children and adolescents, but some still show persistent violent behavior.
- A study aimed to evaluate whether having a padded seclusion room could reduce the need for mechanical restraints, which are often more traumatic.
- After the padded room was implemented, incidents of mechanical restraints dropped dramatically by 93.7%, suggesting that this approach might be a safer, although still not ideal, option.
Article Abstract
Despite a growing consensus that seclusion or restraint should never be used with children or adolescents, there are a few patients who are resistant to treatment, and are persistently violent. The purpose of this study was to measure the efficacy of installing a padded seclusion room to decrease the use of mechanical restraints, a potentially more emotionally traumatic and dangerous intervention than seclusion. After padded room installation, the number of monthly mechanical restraint events per 1000 patient days decreased by 93.7%, from 21.2 to 1.3. A padded seclusion room may offer a safer, albeit a less than desirable alternative to mechanical restraint.
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Article Synopsis
- There is a growing agreement that seclusion and restraint shouldn't be used on children and adolescents, but some still show persistent violent behavior.
- A study aimed to evaluate whether having a padded seclusion room could reduce the need for mechanical restraints, which are often more traumatic.
- After the padded room was implemented, incidents of mechanical restraints dropped dramatically by 93.7%, suggesting that this approach might be a safer, although still not ideal, option.
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