Physical Restraint Use and Falls in Nursing Home Residents

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between restraint use and falls while controlling for the effect of psychoactive drug use among nursing home residents, including subgroups of nursing home residents with high rates of restraint use and/or falls.

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