Air Suspension Biodegradable Patient Transport Pad
- Conditions
- Critical Illness
- Interventions
- Device: transferred by slide boardDevice: transferred by air-suspending mattressDevice: transferred by bedsheet
- Registration Number
- NCT03858374
- Lead Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
- Brief Summary
On the one hand, transferring patient from bed to bed is usually handling by the manual lifting of several staffs or utilizing bedsheet, slide sheet , shovel-style stretcher or other devices to move and lift patients. Whatever, there are some advantages using these devices.
On the other hand, nurses are among the professionals at the highest risk for musculoskeletal disorders. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown that overexertion in manual lifting was the main event or exposure leading to injury or illness involving time away from work. Excessive weights, awkward postures, and repetitive motions are some of the known risk factors that contribute to sprains/strains and back injuries. During the process of patient transferring , it refers to the above risk factors for health-care workers. It recommended that using appropriate assistive equipment can reduce the injuries. If staff is safe, patients are safer.
The research team has designed and produced a new transport assistive devices-- biodegradable and air-suspending transfer mattress, which was precisely controlled by gas flow and based on ergonomics. And then apply it to the clinic in order to find whether it's benefit for patients and nursing staff.
It is a randomized controlled trial design.
- Detailed Description
Research design：randomized controlled trials. Computer generated random numbers. The patients were randomly divided into three groups, ① transfer patients by air-suspending mattress, ② transfer patients by slide board, ③ transfer patients by bedsheets.
Participants: passive patient with transports needs, such as CT/ MRI examination etc. The sample size estimation was according to the formula of multiple parallel design. The main outcome measure was the perceived exertion.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
- Passive patient with transfer requirements, such as CT/ MRI examination , transfer from one department to another etc；Patients or their family signed an informed consent.
- The patients weighted over 150kg and have spine fracture ；age< 15 years old.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description control group 1 transferred by slide board Patients in control group 1 were transferred by slide board. Experimental group transferred by air-suspending mattress Patients in experimental group were transferred by air-suspending mattress. control group 2 transferred by bedsheet Patients in control group 2 were transferred by bedsheet.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Force value Day 1 Spring balance was used to measured the pulling force while transferring patients.(Force value in N)
perceived exertion Day 1 Perceived exertion was evaluated by using the Borg Scale of 6-20, which the values near 6 and 20 represent low and high physical exertion, respectively.（perceived exertion in scores）
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oxygen saturation Day 1（before and after transferring） Be recorded by ECG monitor the moment before and after transferring.
respiration rate Day 1（before and after transferring） Be recorded by ECG monitor the moment before and after transferring.（respiration rate in bpm）
blood pressure Day 1（before and after transferring） Be recorded by ECG monitor the moment before and after transferring.(blood pressure in mmHg)
heart rate Day 1（before and after transferring） Be recorded by ECG monitor the moment before and after transferring.（heart rate in bpm）
Transfer time Day 1 Stopwatch was used to record the time from using the assistive devices to moving the patients to another bed.（transfer time in minutes）
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
🇨🇳Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China