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physical restraint: a standalone construct

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devices that restrict a patient's movement, used in older-adult care despite little evidence of benefit.

In nursing, physical restraint refers to devices that restrict a patient's movement, used in older-adult care despite little evidence of benefit. This meaning comes from Evans (1989) in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.[1]

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Evans, L. K., & Strumpf, N. E. (1989). Tying Down the Elderly: A Review of the Literature on Physical Restraint. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 37(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb01571.x

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