Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Reclining chairs reduce pain from gurneys in older emergency department patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Pain related to the gurney is a frequent complaint of older emergency department (ED) patients. The authors hypothesized that these patients may have less pain and higher satisfaction if allowed to sit in a reclining hospital chair. ⋯ The simple modification of allowing older ED patients to sit in reclining chairs resulted in less pain and higher satisfaction.