Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Physical Restraint Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: JAMA internal medicine Vol. 183; no. 11; p. 1229
• Main Authors: Eswaran, Vidya, Molina, Melanie F, Hwong, Alison R, Dillon, David G, Alvarez, Lizbeth, Allen, Isabel E, Wang, Ralph C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Black or African American - statistics & numerical data; Delivery of Health Care - ethnology; Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Ethnicity - statistics & numerical data; Healthcare Disparities - ethnology; Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Restraint, Physical - statistics & numerical data; White - statistics & numerical data

Recent studies have demonstrated that people of color are more likely to be restrained in emergency department (ED) settings compared with other patients, but many of these studies are based at a single site or health care system, limiting their generalizability. To synthesize existing literature on...