Development and evaluation of a nursing risk assessment manual handling training program for moving patients with a stroke and other conditions affecting mobility: The Risk Assessment for Moving Patients (RAMP) program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Workplace musculo-skeletal injuries; Stroke; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Stroke - Ischaemic; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001863224
• Lead Sponsor: Helen Kugler

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-06
• Study Start: 2018-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 19 November 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

Cabrini Health full-time, permanent part-time and regular casual (average at least once per fortnight) registered nurses, enrolled nurses and qualified ward assistants working at either the Malvern Ward 3 South or Glenhuntly Road inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Exclusion Criteria

Cabrini Health casual nurses who work infrequently (average less than once per fortnight) (Registered nurses, enrolled nurses and qualified ward assistants) or nurses from nursing agencies. Nurses not on the target wards.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The extent to which learning from the RAMP program is translated back into the workplace. This is to be assessed through the observation of nursing staff performing patient transfers as part of usual practice on the ward. An independent researcher will spend a total of 9 hours on each ward at each timepoint to observe and assess patient transfers using the ‘Competency Tool - Point Prevalence Study Record Sheet’ developed and piloted for this study and based upon the within-training assessment tool: ‘Competency Tool – Trainee’. [Data collected points: immediately preceding training (October 2017), 1 month post-training (December 2017 – Primary endpoint) and 6 months post-training (June 2018).]