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J Caring Sci. 2014;3(4): 297-300.
doi: 10.5681/jcs.2014.032
PMID: 25717458
PMCID: PMC4334174
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Short Communication

Investigation of Seclusion in one of the Psychiatric Wards in Razi Teaching Hospital of Tabriz

Maryam Vahidi 1, Mina Hosseinzadeh 2*

1 Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Email: m.hosseinzadeh63@gmail.com

Abstract

Seclusion is one of the methods in controlling violent behavior of inpatients in psychiatric wards. In current descriptive analytic study, data collection instrument included  the seclusion list of inpatients  by considering individual, social and clinical characteristics in one of the psychiatry wards In the Razi teaching hospital of Tabriz in the first  six months of 2012. Among 264 admitted patients, 24 patients (9.1%) had been secluded and a total of 29 isolated incidents were recorded. Most of secluded incidents occurred on weekdays (75.9%), first week of inpatient (87.7%), and during the evening shifts (48.3%). The results obtained in this study demonstrate that in 55.2% cases, the duration of isolation was two hours and the most common cause of seclusion was aggressive behaviors. Most of secluded patients (66.7%) were diagnosed with mood disorders.
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