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Table 2 Summary of study characteristics

From: Influence of the Kinaesthetics care conception during patient handling on the development of musculoskeletal complaints and diseases – A scoping review

Study (Language)

Study Design

Setting, Place

Time frame/Duration

Population

Intervention

Comparison

Outcome of interest

    

Persons who handle patients

Patients

   

Betschon et al., 2014 (German) [45]

Evaluation Study

Nursing home, Meggen/Switzerland

Frame of the project: 2009–2012 Data collection: 2012

Nursing staff, Questionnaires n = 59 (Response: 75.0 %) Observations n = 17

NA

Basic course Kinaesthetics

NA

Physical Complaints, Perceived exertion immediately after mobilizationa

Buge & Mahler, 2004 (German) [50]

Evaluation study

Nursing service, University Hospital, Heidelberg/Germany

Frame of the project: 2000–2003 Data collection: 2003

Nursing staff, n = 109; Physical therapists, n = 2 (Response: 33.7 %)

NA

Implementation of Kinaesthetics

NA

Feeling of physical relief (due to Kinaesthetics)a

Christen et al., 2002 (German) [46]

Uncontrolled before-after study

Hospital for nuclear medicine/radiotherapy, Zurich/Switzerland

Data collection: 1999 Follow-up: 6 month

Nursing staff, T0: n = 23 (Response: 92.0 %) T1: n = 20 (Response: 87.0 %) Data basis: n = 18

NA

Basic course Kinaesthetics

NA

Physical demands compared to subjective performance capacityb

Eisenschink et al., 2003 (German) [47]

Randomized controlled trial

Coronary care unit, University hospital, Ulm/Germany

Data collection: 1999–2000

Nursing staff, no further information

Patients after aortocoronary bypass surgery with sternotomy, I: n = 52 C: n = 50

Mobilisation of a patient with Kinaesthetics

Mobilisation of a patient with the standard mobilisation

Perceived exertion during first and second patient transferb

Friess-Ott & Müller, 2006 (German) [53]

Evaluation study

University hospital, Heidelberg/Germany

Frame of the project: 1998–2003

Nursing staff, n = 159 (Response: 51.9 %)

NA

Basic course Kinaesthetics

NA

Pain, Physical relief, Effects on well-beinga

Hock-Rummelhardt, 2013 (German) [57]

Controlled before-after study

Hospital, Vienna/ Austria

Frame of the project: 2010–2012 Follow-up: 20 month

Nursing staff, I: n = 15 C: n = 27 c(Response: 17 %)

NA

Basic course Kinaesthetics, Practical guidance

No training in Kinaesthetics

Pain during/after nursing, Perceived exertion during worka

Huth et al., 2013 (German) [55]

Qualitative study (Interviews)

Homely environment, Witten/Germany

Data collection: 7 weeks

Caregiving family members, n = 10

NA

Course “Kinaes-thetics for caregiving family members”

NA

Musculo-skeletal complaints, Physical work loada

Lenker, 2008 (German) [51]

Randomized controlled trial

Intensive care unit, hospital, Ludwigsburg-Bietigheim/Germany

Data collection: 2002–2004

NM

Patients after abdominal laparotomy, I: n = 36 C: n = 38

Mobilisation of a patient to the edge of the bed based on Kinaesthetics principles

Mobilisation of a patient to the edge of the bed with conventional methods

Back pain during patient handling, Perceived exertion during patient handlingb

Maietta & Resch-Kröll, 2009 (German) [49]

Uncontrolled before-after study

State hospital, Hörgas/Austria

Frame of the project: nearly 24 month

Nursing staff, T0: n = 92 T1: Response: 42.7 %

NA

Implementation of Kinaesthetics

NA

Perceived exertion during patient handlinga

Rettenberger & Schoenemeier, 2005 (German) [52]

Uncontrolled before-after study

Hospital, Heidenheim/Germany

Frame of the project: 1999–2000 Follow-up: 14 month

Nursing staff, n = 43

NA

Implementation of Kinaesthetics

NA

Back complaints during daily patient handling, Sick leave due to low back or sciatic complaintsa

Sedlak-Emperer, 2012 (German) [56]

Systematic review

Hospital, Nursing home, Austria

Search period: June 2009–March 2010 Applied publication period: 1990 – March 2010

Nursing staff from 18 years of age

Patients from 18 years of age

Kinaesthetics

Conventional nursing

Spinal complaints, Spinal loadinga

Steinwidder & Lohrmann, 2008 (German) [54]

Narrative review

Setting: NM, Austria

Search period: July–September 2007 Applied publication period: NM

Nursing staff from 18 years of age

Patients from 18 years of age

Kinaesthetics

NM

Physical loadingb

Tamminen-Peter, 2006 (Finnish) [48]

Non-randomized controlled trial

City hospital; I: Neurological rehabilitation C: Orthopaedic rehabilitation, Turku/Finland

Frame of the study: 2001–2002 Follow-up: 1 month

Nursing staff, I = 6 C = 6

Elderly, compliant, partially weight-bearing patients with little muscle strength and low ability to move, n = 18

Mobilisation of a patient from a wheelchair to bed with Kinaesthetics

Mobilisation of a patient from a wheelchair to bed with the Durewall method

Decrease of perceived strain of the lower back; Decrease of perceived strain of the shoulder jointsa

  1. Abbreviations: C control group, I intervention group, n number of participants, NA not applicable, NM not mentioned, T0 start of the trial, T1 end of the trial
  2. aThe outcome of interest was also a primary outcome in the study
  3. bThe outcome of interest was a secondary outcome in the study and only mentioned casually
  4. cThe paper contains different data about number of participants in the intervention and control group