In all participating hospitals there are legal or administrational
regulations which advice the documentation of
seclusion and restraint. The documentation of coercive
measures in both countries is looked upon as a legal
requirement and staff's accuracy in the documentation of
such procedures is generally very high.
Within the German as well as within the Swiss working
group a documentation form for data on coercive measures
was developed. The Swiss as well as the German documentation
form comprises information on the patient's
ICD-10 principal diagnosis (F0–F9), the code of the
respective ward, the kind of coercive measure (mechanical