Social validation data on three methods of physical restraint: views of consumers, staff and students

J. Cunningham, A. McDonnell, Simon Easton, P. Sturmey

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Abstract

The use and evaluation of restraint methods with people with mental retardation is a continuing area of concern. Twenty-four undergraduate students, 21 residential care staff and 18 service-users from community settings rated videotapes of three physical restraint procedures. Two of the methods involved restraining an individual on the floor and a third method involved restraining an individual in a chair. Participants answered two open-ended questions to rate the methods of restraint and rated the methods on a 5-point scale of satisfaction [J. Ment. Defic. Res. 30 (1986) 369]. Participants also rated the three restraint methods by a forced-choice comparison. Restraint was rated negatively by all participants. However, both the satisfaction ratings and the forced-choice methods rated the chair method of restraint as most acceptable all three groups of participants. Consumers rated restraint more negatively than other groups. Restraint was evaluated negatively by all three groups, but the chair method was rated the least worst.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-316
Number of pages10
JournalResearch in Developmental Disabilities
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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