Association between patient primary language, physical restraints, and intramuscular sedation in the emergency department
ED visits with Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking patients were found to have lower odds of physical restraints and IM sedation, while Arabic, Italian, other, and unknown language-speaking patients were found to have higher odds. Factors contributing to linguistic differences in physical restraint and IM sedation use, such as cultural interpretations of behavior, quality of clinical interactions, and patient-clinician communication strategies, merit further investigation.
Authors
- Ambrose H. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7471-1647)
- Leah Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5804-6947)
- Isaac V. Faustino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-4265)
- Anusha Kumar
- Dhruvil Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4120-451X)
- Caitlin R. Ryus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-030X)
- Jossie A. Carreras Tartak
- Bidisha Nath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8385-3417)
- Rebekah Heckmann
- R K Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3325-7783)
- Richard A. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9082-6644)
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Yale University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70004
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61
Funders
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities