Participatory Organizational Intervention for Improved Use of Assistive Devices for Patient Handling

NCT ID: NCT02708550

Last Updated: 2018-08-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 625 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2018-04-30

Brief Summary

Epidemiological studies have shown that patient transfer is a risk factor for back pain, back injuries and long term sickness absence, whereas consistent use of assistive devices during patient transfer is associated with reduced risk of back injury. In consequence, Danish hospitals have made great efforts to increase knowledge, availability and use of assistive devices to reduce work-related physical strain due to patient transfer. Yet, a recent survey among more than 300 nurses and nurses' aides showed that two thirds rarely uses assistive devices during patient transfer. Thus it seems relevant to investigate barriers, opportunities and practical solutions for increasing use of assistive devices among healthcare workers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a participatory organizational intervention for improved use of assistive devices during patient transfer.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disorders; Occupational Injuries

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Participatory Organizational Intervention

Participatory intervention (workshops) with workers, consultants and leaders. The workshops will find solutions for increased use of assistive devices

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Participatory Organizational Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Control

This group will go through the same baseline and follow-up tests as the intervention group, but will not receive any intervention.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Participatory Organizational Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

At the individual level (questionnaire replies):

• Healthcare workers with daily patient handling (based on questionnaire reply at baseline)

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Aalborg University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lars L. Andersen

Professor, PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lars L Andersen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Research Centre for the Working Environment

Locations

National Research Centre for the Working Environment

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Countries

Denmark

References

Jakobsen MD, Clausen T, Andersen LL. Can a participatory organizational intervention improve social capital and organizational readiness to change? Cluster randomized controlled trial at five Danish hospitals. J Adv Nurs. 2020 Oct;76(10):2685-2695. doi: 10.1111/jan.14441. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 32496600 (View on PubMed)

Jakobsen MD, Aust B, Dyreborg J, Kines P, Illum MB, Andersen LL. Participatory organizational intervention for improved use of assistive devices for patient transfer: study protocol for a single-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Dec 20;17(1):501. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1339-6.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 27998265 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

IRMA12

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id