Citation

Janssen W, Noorthoorn E, Linge R, Lendemeijer B. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2007; 30(2): 118-126.

Affiliation

GGNet, Warnsveld, The Netherlands. wim.janssen@ggnet.nl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.04.005

PMID

17141871

Abstract

This study focussed on the relationship between the use of seclusion and staff characteristics, such as number of nurses on shift, male-female staff ratio, level of education and level of work experience. A retrospective analysis of staff characteristics was applied to administrative data from ten wards in four mid-sized general psychiatric hospitals in the Netherlands. The data show that two variables were associated with seclusion rates: the male-female staff ratio and the variability in team's work experience. More female and less male nurses in a shift and less variability in team's work experience predicted an increase in seclusion rates.

Language: en