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Table 3 Prevalence of physical and chemical restraint use in four different acute hospitals during midweek visits, Cairo, Egypt, April 2014

From: Restraint use among selected hospitalized elderly patients in Cairo, Egypt

 

Physical restraint use N (%)

Chemical restraint use N (%)

Both physical and chemical restraint use N (%)

Any restraint use N (%)

University Hospital A (N = 113)

0 (0)

6 (5.3)

0 (0)

6 (5.3)

University Hospital B (N = 69)

4 (5.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (5.8)

Ministerial Hospital (N = 57)

5 (8.8)

6 (10.5)

0 (0)

11 (19.3)

Private Hospital (N = 48)

0 (0)

9 (18.8)

2 (4.1)

11 (22.9)

Total

9 (3.1)

21 (7.3)

2 (0.7)

32 (11.1)