| Literature DB >> 27804191 |
Jennifer A Whitty1,2, Jean Spinks3, Tracey Bucknall4,5,6, Georgia Tobiano5, Wendy Chaboyer5.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare patients' and nurses' preferences for the implementation of bedside handover.Entities:
Keywords: communication; discrete choice experiment; nursing; patient safety; preferences
Mesh:
Year: 2016 PMID: 27804191 PMCID: PMC5512991 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12513
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Expect ISSN: 1369-6513 Impact factor: 3.377
Attributes and levels used to describe bedside handover
| Attribute | Levels |
|---|---|
| I am (The patient is) invited to participate | Yes; |
| Number of nurses present at the handover | Only the nurse leaving and the nurse coming on; |
| Family member, carer or trusted friend (of the patient) allowed to be present | Yes; |
| Level of (patient) involvement | I (The patient can) hear what is said; |
| What information related to your (patient) care is discussed | Information about my (the patient's) medical condition only; |
| Confidentiality and privacy | Sensitive information is handed over quietly at my (the) bedside; |
Nurse wording reflected in brackets.
Participant characteristics (Patients, N=401; Nurses N=200)
| Patients N (%) or Median (IQR) | Nurses N (%) or Median (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|
| Recruited from Hospital 1 | 200 (49.9%) | 100 (50%) |
| Age (years) | 71.0 (IQR 57.3‐78.8) | 33.0 (IQR 26.0‐46.0) |
| ≥65 y (patients) | 251 (62.6%) | |
| ≥40 y (nurses) | 74 (37.6%) | |
| Female | 216 (54.3%) | 178 (89.0%) |
| Born in Australia | 278 (69.3%) | 123 (61.5%) |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) descent | 4 (1.0%) | 2 (1%) |
| English mostly spoken at home | 389 (97.0%) | 161 (81.3%) |
| Has condition making it hard to verbalize with nursing staff | 51 (12.7%) | – |
| Highest education high school or below | 230 (57.4%) | – |
| Lives alone | 108 (26.9%) | – |
| Previous hospital admission in the last year | 266 (66.7%) | – |
| Overall health (1=very poor, 10=excellent) | 6.0 (IQR 4.0‐8.0) | – |
| ≥6 | 225 (56.1%) | – |
| Self‐reports any pain | 184 (45.9%) | – |
| Length of stay at time of survey (days) | 5.0 (IQR 3.0‐7.0) | – |
| >6 d | 135 (33.7%) | – |
| Patients occupying other beds in room | 134 (33.6%) | – |
| Time working as a nurse (years) | – | 6.2 (IQR 2.3‐13.0) |
| ≥5 y | – | 114 (57.0%) |
| Most often work on a medical ward | – | 171 (85.5%) |
| Works in more than one hospital | – | 12 (6.0%) |
| Nurse type | ||
| Registered | – | 148 (74.0%) |
| Enrolled | – | 3 (1.5%) |
| Endorsed enrolled | 15 (7.5%) | |
| Charge nurse | 23 (11.5%) | |
| Other | 11 (5.5%) | |
| Supervisory responsibility | 78 (39.0%) | |
| Number of patients in care this shift | 5.0 (IQR 4.0‐6.0) | |
IQR, Interquartile range.
It was not possible to test ATSI in the models, due to the relatively small number of participants identifying with an indigenous background.
Number of individuals with missing data. Patients: Age 1, Gender 3, Health 16, Pain 8, Length of stay 1, Occupied beds in room 1, Number hospital stays in 12 mo 2, Confined to bed 4. Nurses: Age 3, Gender 3, Language 2.
Importance scores for the characteristics of bedside handover
| Patients | Nurses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 95% CI lower | 95% CI upper | Score | 95% CI lower | 95% CI upper | |
| Invited to participate | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Hear, ask, speak instead of hear | 73.4 | 51.8 | 94.9 | 82.4 | 61.0 | 103.8 |
| Family/carer/friend allowed | 58.1 | 46.0 | 70.2 | −4.0 | −14.6 | 6.6 |
| Care and plan instead of care only | 50.2 | 39.1 | 61.4 | 39.2 | 27.7 | 50.7 |
| Hear, ask instead of hear | 42.5 | 31.1 | 53.8 | 39.9 | 26.0 | 53.8 |
| Nurse rather than team present | 37.2 | 27.5 | 46.9 | 26.4 | 14.4 | 38.3 |
| Sensitive information quietly at bed instead of verbally away | 17.1 | 1.9 | 32.3 | −52.2 | −63.6 | −40.9 |
| Sensitive information written instead of quietly at bed | 2.1 | −13.4 | 17.6 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 35.8 |
Confidence intervals for the scores were estimated using the delta method.39
Figure 1Patients: Importance scores and rank for handover characteristics [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
Figure 2Nurses: Importance scores and rank for handover characteristics [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]