Implementing bedside handovers in mental health care: Insights from an experience-based co-design

Ellen Van de Velde; Ann Van Hecke; Kristof Eeckloo; Simon Malfait

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2023.108051

Implementing bedside handovers in mental health care: Insights from an experience-based co-design

Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Feb:119:108051. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108051. Epub 2023 Nov 4.

Authors

Ellen Van de Velde¹, Ann Van Hecke², Kristof Eeckloo³, Simon Malfait⁴

Affiliations

¹ Child Psychiatry, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: ellen.vandevelde@uzgent.be.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium; Strategic Policy Cell, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
⁴ Clinical Support Unit, Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium.

PMID: 37952401
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108051

Abstract

Objectives: Bedside handovers have the potential to provide opportunities to increase patient involvement in mental health care. However, limited research has been conducted on this subject.

Methods: In this study, we investigate the suitability of experience-based co-design as a method for designing bedside handover in mental health care.

Results: The article discusses the goals of bedside handover, the preferred structure and content of the handover, its location and frequency, and the familiarization involved in it.

Conclusions: EBCD proved to be a suitable method of making recommendations for involving patients in nursing handover in a mental healthcare unit of a general hospital.

Practice implications: Nurses and mental health care patients agreed on the ISBARRT model to structure bedside handovers.

Keywords: Co-design; Mental health care; Nursing; Nursing handover; Patient participation; Shared decision-making.

MeSH terms

Humans
Mental Health
Patient Handoff*
Patient Participation