Abstract:

Aim: This research was conducted to examine postgraduate nursing theses that include physical restraint practices in Turkey. Methods: In this descriptive study, theses were reached by scanning the database of the Higher Education Council (YÖK) National Thesis Center. The universe of the research is the theses on physical fixation in Turkey, and the sample is the postgraduate theses on physical fixation in Turkey, which were made between 2002 and 2022 in the field of nursing and are open to access. Ethics committee approval is not required as studies with access permission are included in the evaluation. In the selection of the sample, the "purposive sampling" method was preferred. The search was conducted between 1-20 November 2022 with the keywords "physical restraint" and "physical restraint" in Turkish. -Permitted and approved doctoral and master's theses were scanned. At the end of the screening, 19 theses related to the subject were determined in the Health Sciences Institute Nursing Department. 73 theses that did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded from the study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: It was seen that 18 of the theses were done at the master's level and 1 of them was at the doctoral level. It has been determined that the first thesis examining the physical fixation application was made in 2002, and the majority (n=14) were made in the last five years. In the examination of the graduate theses, it was determined that %26,3% of the studies were semi-experimental and mixed method studies, and 79,7% were descriptive. Conclusion: As a result of the research, it is concluded that the theses on the physical fixation application in Turkey have increased in recent years, but are insufficient in number; It is thought that the increase in experimental and quasi-experimental studies on the subject will shed light on other researches.

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