Effects of Nursing Patient Handover

NCT06468631 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Handover
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 369
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was planned in a quasi-experimental design, focusing on the feasibility, evaluation, and implementation of patient handover between nurses, and the effect of interventions to increase their effectiveness on the patient's satisfaction with care, trust in the nurse, and the quality of nurses' patient handover.The main question it aims to answer is: Does the intervention implemented in nurses' patient handover increase patients' satisfaction with care, its effect on their trust in nurses, and the quality of nurses' patient handover?

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Nurse's Role

Keywords

handover; handoff; patient safety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Nursing handover quality

  Nurses carry out written and verbal handover procedures for each patient using the standard patient handover form. Handover quality is measured by the presence of observational transferred information and the Handoff CEX Scale.

  2 weeks and 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Patient Trust in Nurses and Newcastle Nursing Care Satisfaction Scale Levels

  2 weeks and 8 weeks

Interventions

Complex Nursing Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Training prepared as an expert opinion on patient handover, starting to use the standard patient handover form for each patient, ensuring standardization in handover and supporting this improvement work by managers were expressed as interventions. Training offered; It includes the importance of patient handover, how to ensure standardization and why we should use the standard patient handover form.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

It consists of inpatients and nurses working in the General Surgery Intensive Care Clinic, Internal Medicine Clinic and General Surgery Clinic of the training and research hospital determined between January and September 2022.

You may qualify if:

• Nurses using the standard patient handover form
• Nurses involved in patient handover.
• The patient over 18 years of age
• The patient understand and speak Turkish
• The patient have no hearing impairment
• The patient have no psychiatric disorder that would reduce his or her ability to comprehend and understand,
• The patient have no communication problems, have no contact isolation,
• Patients and nurses agree to participate in the research.

You may not qualify if:

• Nurses and patients no volunteer to participate in the research
• Nurses who do not use standard patient handover forms
• The patient under 18 years of age

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Adana city training and research hospital

Adana, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Gungor S, Tosun B. The Impact of Improving Clinical Patient Handover Interventions on Patient Outcomes and Handover Practices: A Complex Nursing Intervention Study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2025 Jun;31(4):e70087. doi: 10.1111/jep.70087.

  PMID: 40323142 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 8 Weeks
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2024
• First Posted: June 21, 2024
• Study Start: January 25, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2022
• Study Completion: September 8, 2022
• Last Updated: June 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)