Förflyttningsutbildning : Utvärderng av utbildning i kommunal verksamhet - från kännedom till kompetens

Sammanfattning: Background: occupational injuries are common in health care and social welfare professions. Therefore, the municipality of offers all permanent nursing stuff a 20-hour course in staff - assisted transfers. Objective: to investigate the effects of this course in assisted client transfers with respect to self-reported health care professionals approach in moving situations, sick leave, perceived work load and work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the municipal activities, compared with health workers that have not received education during the same time. Method: A Quasi-experimental study with intervention and comparison group of 30 participants in each group. The course was based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model with focus on 1) predisposing factors, 2) reinforcing and 3) enabling factors as these are considered important for the success when implementing a new work approach. The course was divided into 5 half-days and 20 hours in total. The participants responded to a study specific partly Web-based survey before, immediately after and six months after the education. Repeated measures ANOVA were used for data analyses. Results: The nursing stuff reported no change in working methods; to stimulate the patient's own activity and ability to influence their working load. Health care employees perceived work load in general and linked to transfer situations decreased compared to the comparison group. Number of people with self-reported work-related musculoskeletal disorders decreased and sick-leave increased less in the intervention group after the course. Conclusion: Perceived/self-reported work load related to mobility situations and generally decreased after the movement training.