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. 2015 Nov 17;29:296.

Table 5 . Characteristics of Restrained Patients and Physicians’ Orders .

N %
Number of Fixation during Hospitalization
Once 94 50.5%
Twice 45 24.2%
Third Times 20 10.8%
Fourth times and More 27 14.5%
Reason of the Restraint
Violence 39 21.0%
Agitation 2 1.0%
Not Recorded 145 78.0%
Record of Checking the Vital Signs in
the Physicians’ Hand Written Order Yes 147 79.0%
No 39 21.0%
Record of Duration of Restraint in
the Physicians’ Hand Written Order Yes 151 81.2%
No 35 18.8%