Table 4 Average duration of any one mechanical restraint and any bone seclusion in seven German and seven Swiss psychiatric hospitals (in hours)
Average duration (hours) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanical restraint | Seclusion | |||
Germany (number of hospitals = 7) | Switzerland (number of hospitals = 6) | Germany (number of hospitals = 7) | Switzerland (number of hospitals = 7) | |
mean | 9.6 | 48.7 | 7.4 | 55.0 |
median | 9.3 | 52.8* | 9.0 | 55.1* |
minimum | 6.2 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 21.1 |
maximum | 14.8 | 75.6 | 11.0 | 87.5 |