Clinical trial NCT02359071: Shift Characteristics Affect Handover Duration and Rates.
Official title: Which Shift Characteristics Affect Handover Duration and Rates? A Prospective Multicentric Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Handover Duration
Keywords: handoff
signoff
handover
sign-out
shift change
Emergency Department
Lead sponsor: Ataturk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ankara Training and Research Hospital
name: Duzce university-DUZCE
name: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University-RIZE
name: Mustafa Kemal University
name: DerinceTraining and Research Hospital- KOCAELI
name: GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Istanbul
First posted: 2015-02-09
Enrollment: 267
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: we obtained data streams from seven centers, and 267 completed records from different centre were included.

Brief summary: The primary aim of our study was to analyze the independent factors affecting handover duration in Emergency Department. The secondary aim was to identify the factors affecting Emergency Department handover rates.

Detailed description: The primary aim in this study was to analyze the independent factors affecting handover duration in Emergency Department. Our secondary aim was to identify the factors affecting the Emergency Department handover rates. To better analyze independent variables, we dichotomized the data. First, we dichotomized handover duration into two groups according to the median handoff time of 20 minutes. Second, we divided handover rates into two groups using the median rate of handovers per shift, which was 3.87%.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

The day and night shift handover , which are the interactive, verbal, bedside, and face-to-face interactions between the outgoing and incoming medical staff, were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

Handover locations other than bedside (n=3), handover methods except verbal communication (by paper (n=2)), and the use of information technology (n=1) were excluded to standardize the procedure.

Primary outcomes:
measure: the independent factors affecting handover duration in Emergency Department
timeFrame: 1-30 September 2013
Secondary outcomes:
measure: to identify the factors affecting Emergency Department handover rates.
timeFrame: 1-30 September 2013
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Mustafa Kemal University
name: Ali Karakus, Assoc. prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Duzce University
name: Ayhan Sarıtas, Assoc. prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Ankara Training and Research Hospital
name: Gulhan Kurtoglu, specialist
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
name: Ozlem Bilir, Assist. Prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Ataturk University
name: Ayhan Akoz, Assoc. prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: GATA Haydarpasa Military Hospital
name: Murat Eroglu, Assoc. prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: DerinceTraining and Research Hospital
name: Onur Karakayali, specialist
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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