Patient handling risk assessment: first steps applying Intervention Evaluation Tool in Portuguese hospitals
Teresa Cotrim
Cláudia Francisco
Lidia Correia
Michael Fray
Sue Hignett
2134/8894
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Patient_handling_risk_assessment_first_steps_applying_Intervention_Evaluation_Tool_in_Portuguese_hospitals/9351551
Since Portugal was one of the four countries participating in the first trial
of IET, now IET is being tested in order to assess if it is a usable and efficient measurement
tool in Portuguese hospitals. The IET is a single comprehensive measurement device for the
risks of patient handling including organizational management factors. In this study the IET
was applied in 8 wards with a sample of 126 nurses. The results showed that nurses perceived
the organizational commitment as neutral on average. With respect to the musculoskeletal
complaints during the last 12 months, 66,9% of the nurses referred them as low back problems,
45,2% at the neck, 39,5% at the dorsal spine and 35,5% at shoulder region, but these
troubles didn’t prevent them from carrying out the normal activities. The incident reporting
system is feeble and 43% of the nurses reported that they needed to use, or had seen, a patient
handling method considered to be dangerous, in the last month and completed, or had seen,
a patient handling task without equipment when it was prescribed. The satisfaction level was
good but 63,9% of the nurses perceived time pressure. The observation of patient handling
transfers showed an acceptable level of competence and compliance, but none of the wards
had specific handling plans. In general, patients’ perception about their safety and comfort
during the transfers was satisfactory.
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