Do active assist transfer devices improve transfer safety for patients and caregivers in hospital and community settings? A scoping review

Tang, KS; Díaz, Josué Monzón; Lui, O; Proulx, Laurie; E, Galle; Packham, Tara

doi:10.1080/17483107.2019.1604822

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“…HCPs agree that the utilisation of equipment in stroke rehabilitation is effective for reducing WRMDs (11). However, nurses and PTs disagree on the use of stroke rehabilitation equipment.…”

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“…To reduce the potential for WRMDs during the handling of a person with stroke, it is recommended that rehabilitation staff consider the use of hoists, sliding aids, and other specialised equipment as potential substitutes for manual handling (6,9,11,12). However, members of the nursing and physiotherapy professions have quite different views concerning the use of equipment (6,9).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Clinicians’ perceptions of manual handling policies in stroke rehabilitation: a qualitative focus group study

Alatawi

2024

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Objectives: The professional literature guides manual handling in numerous health care settings. The effects of these guidelines on stroke rehabilitation and the clinical communication of health care professionals are unknown. This paper aims to investigate the perspectives of nurses and physiotherapists on handling guidelines in their professions to identify conflicts in opinions to provide optimum care to people with stroke. Design: A qualitative focus group study. Methods: Three focus groups were conducted. The participants were physiotherapists or nurses with 1 year of stroke care experience. The data were thematically analysed. Results: Nineteen participants (12 physiotherapists and 7 nurses) were interviewed. The data analysis revealed 3 themes. First, “The application of handling in stroke rehabilitation” includes clinical reasoning and real-world handling practices. The second theme, “Physical Effects on Therapists,” examines the long-term effects of manual handling on therapists, including work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The final theme, “Conflicts among health care professionals,” investigates stroke rehabilitation equipment conflicts between nurses and physiotherapists. Conclusion: The study concludes that stroke transfer guidelines in the specialised literature may impact health care professionals’ perspectives. Conflicts among health care professionals can impair teamwork. Thus, health care professionals should work together as stroke rehabilitation teams to develop unified transfer guidelines that aid rehabilitation and avoid work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

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“…HCPs agree that the utilisation of equipment in stroke rehabilitation is effective for reducing WRMDs (11). However, nurses and PTs disagree on the use of stroke rehabilitation equipment.…”

Section: Jrm-ccmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Jrm-ccmentioning

confidence: 99%