Trial of Safety Nets In Hospitalized Patients

December 7, 2006 updated by: Griffin Hospital

A Randomized Clinical Trial to Compare The Use Of Safety Net Enclosures With Standard Restraints in Agitated Hospitalized Patients

This study compared standard hospital restraints to a newer safety net restraint system to compare them for acceptability, tolerance, duration of restrain, length of stay in the hospital, and satisfaction of MD, nurse, and relatives of patients.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

60

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Connecticut
      • Derby, Connecticut, United States, 06418
        • Griffin Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. age more than 18
  2. hospitalized
  3. acute confusion or agitation

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who require acute respiratory or cardiac support such as patients requiring ventilator support or patients in cardiac or septic shock
  2. Patients who have a documented history of claustrophobia
  3. Patients or family members who refuse to consent for safety net treatment under any circumstances. Failure to obtain consent due to absence of or inability to reach a family member or to give consent to participate in the study
  4. Failure to obtain consent due to absence of or inability to reach a family member within reasonable time or to give consent to participate in the study.
  5. Acutely ill patients requiring intravenous vasopressors, intubation or ventilatory support
  6. Other conditions deemed terminal within 24 hours as determined by the patient's attending physician
  7. Patients who stay less than 24 hours in the hospital
  8. If patient is already on restrains for more than 48 hours preceding enrollment.
  9. If two or more limbs are already on restraint to protect IV lines.
  10. Extreme degree of agitation requiring continuous IV sedation or anesthesia. Such patients may pose a danger to staff or themselves if their restraints were to be discontinued in order to put them on study restraints.
  11. When the intent of single wrist restraint is only to hold the IV line and patient is not agitated or in delirium.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Perception of the Nurse
perception of physician
perception of family member
agitated behavior scale
alcohol withdrawal assessment scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
length of hospital stay
total duration of restraint use
total sedative medication dose used

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: haq nawaz, MD, Griffin Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2003

Study Completion

February 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 7, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 7, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

December 8, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 8, 2006

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 7, 2006

Last Verified

December 1, 2006

More Information

Terms related to this study

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