@article{ref1,
title="Recording and reducing coercive measures in psychiatric hospitals",
journal="Psychiatrische Praxis",
year="2004",
author="Steinert, Tilman and Baur, Manfred",
volume="31",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="S18-20",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: A project of quality management funded by the German Ministry of Health is presented which aims at recording and reducing of coercive measures (seclusion, restraint, forced medication). METHOD: Since 1997, a study group for prevention of violence and coercion consisting of physicians, nurses and other psychiatric professionals from 18 psychiatric hospitals is working in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bayern. A common documentation of coercive measures has been introduced, variables of interest such as percentage of patients exposed to coercive measures in each principal diagnostic group of the ICD-10 have been defined for purposes of benchmarking. Aims of the project are 1) a complete documentation of all coercive measures in 12 psychiatric hospitals in a 12-month period and a benchmarking, taking into account structural characteristics of the hospitals and the respective catchment area, 2) providing a manual for a one-day de-escalation training for all professional groups working with psychiatric patients. PRELIMINARY RESULTS: A pilot study demonstrated that about 9 % of all admitted patients have been exposed to coercive measures in a subset of the participating hospitals. The variance between the hospitals was rather high.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0303-4259",
doi="10.1055/s-2004-828420",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2004-828420"
}