Communication and patient safety in anaesthesia and intensive care. Does implementation of SBAR make any differences?

Staff members? perception of communication, safety attitudes and verbal handovers before and after implementation of SBAR in anaesthesia and intensive care: a quasi-experimental study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN37251313

Enrollment

387

Registered

2012-11-08

Start date

2011-04-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Anaesthetic clinics at two hospitals in central Sweden Not Applicable

Interventions

The study includes an intervention group in which SBAR is introduced and a control group. The intervention includes an in-house training course (2.5 hours of lecture, role-play and a later follow-

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Staff members working at the two anaesthetic clinics (physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Staff members? perception of relationships and communication within the clinic including the factors within-group communication openness, between-group communication openness, within-group communication accuracy, between-group communication accuracy and communication timeliness. Staff members? safety attitudes in the clinic including the factors: teamwork climate, safety climate, job satisfaction, stress recognition, perceptions of management and working condition. 2. Percent memorized information sequences by the receiver of handover, duration and structure of the handovers in PACU. 3. In addition, staff members? experiences of and reflections on communication within and between professions and collaboration during verbal handovers, the communication tool SBAR and their experiences of and reflection on patient safety in relation to verbal handovers will be investigated in a study using a qualitative approach.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Staff members? perception of relationships and communication within the clinic including the factors within-group communication openness, between-group communication openness, within-group communication accuracy, between-group communication accuracy and communication timeliness. Staff members? safety attitudes in the clinic including the factors: teamwork climate, safety climate, job satisfaction, stress recognition, perceptions of management and working condition. 2. Percent memorized information sequences by the receiver of handover, duration and structure of the handovers in PACU. 3. In addition, staff members? experiences of and reflections on communication within and between professions and collaboration during verbal handovers, the communication tool SBAR and their experiences of and reflection on patient safety in relation to verbal handovers will be investigated in a study using a qualitative approach.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Staff members? perceptions of psychological empowerment including the factors meaning, competence, self-determination and impact. 2. Incident reports before and after implementation of SBAR	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026