Nursing home residents with movement impairments needing support by nursing staff Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Kinaesthetics is a resource-oriented learning system that is based on the theories of Feedback Control Theory and Behavioral Cybernetics.
Through self-experience with the own body as a
Sponsors
Institute of Applied Nursing Science (IPW-FHS) (Switzerland)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Nursing staff: 1.1. Participation in the Kinaesthetics training during the study 1.2. Signed informed consent 2. Residents: 2.1. Need help in moving 2.2. In a physical and mental condition to answer questionnaire 2.3. Can read and speak German 2.4. Capable of understanding the study information 2.5. Signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Nursing staff: 1.1. Participation in Kinaesthetics training before 1.2. No signed informed consent 2. Residents: 2.1. No need for help in moving 2.2. Not in a physical and mental condition to answer questionnaire 2.3. Cannot read and speak German 2.4. Not capable of understanding the study information 2.5. No signed informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Nursing staff : 1.1. Socio-demographic data: Age, sex, education, profession, musculoskeletal disorders, recorded with questionnaire at baseline (T0) 1.2. Knowledge, skills, application, motivation and benefits of Kinaesthetics: Questionnaire with different questions on knowledge, skills, application, motivation and benefits measured within one month after basic course (T1) and within one month after advanced course (T2). 1.3. Learning and conversion of Kinaestetics in the daily working routine: Focus group interviews with questions on the importance of movement in nursing care, experience with the learning and the conversion of Kinaesthetics, measured within six months after advanced course (T3). One Focus-group per unit = 3 groups 1.4. Movement competence: The SOPMAS© Instrument (Structure of the Observed Patient Movement Assistance Skill) observes the nurses individual performance and learning in patient transfer tasks and patient participation in locomotion activities with 4 items: interaction, patient?s movement, nurse?s posture and movement, environment and auxiliary devices. The scale ranges from 1= no skills to 5= very good skills Video recordings of two transfers of each nurses, e.g. bed-wheelchair/chair-bed, transfer in bed (positioning) will be recorded at the measurement points at the baseline before training (T0), within one month after basic course (T1) and within one month after advanced course (T2). 1.5. Subjective perceived physical strain: Borg CR10 scale of perceived strain, with a scale from 0 = no strain at all to 10 = extreme strain 2. Residents : 2.1. Socio-demographic data: Age, sex, movement problems, needed movement assistance, pain medication, participation in regular nursing home movement group, rec | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed