NCT02359071

Shift Characteristics Affect Handover Duration and Rates.

Which Shift Characteristics Affect Handover Duration and Rates? A Prospective Multicentric Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 267 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ataturk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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%.

Conditions

• Handover Duration

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	handover duration, handover rate	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%.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-10-01
• First posted: 2015-02-09
• Last updated: 2015-11-20