Trial of Safety Nets In Hospitalized Patients

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Delirium, Agitated Behavior, Alcohol Withdrawl, Acute Confusional State, Acute Psychosis

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00409370

Run by

Griffin Hospital

People needed

60

Starts

2003-04-01

Expected to finish

2005-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-12-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age more than 18
• hospitalized
• acute confusion or agitation

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who require acute respiratory or cardiac support such as patients requiring ventilator support or patients in cardiac or septic shock
• Patients who have a documented history of claustrophobia
• 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
• 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.
• Acutely ill patients requiring intravenous vasopressors, intubation or ventilatory support
• Other conditions deemed terminal within 24 hours as determined by the patient's attending physician
• Patients who stay less than 24 hours in the hospital
• If patient is already on restrains for more than 48 hours preceding enrollment.
• If two or more limbs are already on restraint to protect IV lines.
• 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.
• When the intent of single wrist restraint is only to hold the IV line and patient is not agitated or in delirium.

Where it is running

• Griffin Hospital — Derby, Connecticut, United States

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