“Restrictive interventions on a psychiatric admission ward before and after Covid-19”
This study explores the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic-related social distancing measures on the incidence of inpatient aggression at a public psychiatric hospital Methods: Based on the implementation of major social distancing measures, March 6, 2020, was set as a cutoff time point to categorize aggressive events into pre-COVID and post-COVID groups. Results: After the implementation of social distancing measures, there was a decrease in the absolute number of inpatient aggressive events from 15.0/week to 12.6/week. Concurrently, there was a 4.9% increase in recurrent aggression. Emergency psychiatric medication administration and the use of physical restraint decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Consistent with previous results, this study reports a decrease in the incidence of inpatient aggression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing measures can be utilized as a tool to decrease the incidence of inpatient aggression and the use of physical restraints (Feeney L,
Bonner N, McAndrew J.)
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375949031_Impact_of_COVID-19-Related_Social_Distancing_on_the_Incidence_of_Inpatient_Aggression_at_a_Public_Psychiatric_Hospital
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