Association between patient race and emergency department physical restraint use in a statewide hospital system
Black patients were more likely to be physically restrained compared to White patients, though the magnitude of this association was small compared to that of other clinical risk factors. Future work should evaluate if these findings are driven by differences in patient characteristics or clinician decision-making to best inform interventions to reduce this disparity.
Authors
- Benoit Stryckman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9476-5033)
- John David Gatz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-2419)
- Mark Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3099-5507)
- Daniel B. Gingold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8674-5091)
- Laurence S. Magder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9297-1952)
- Sanyukta Deshmukh
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2024.10.033
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.56
Funders
- National Foundation of Emergency Medicine