Authors (year), Type of study Sample, nature of complexity Settings for transitions country Williams et al. methods 20 patients with comorbidities and requiring an Public teaching hospital (2007)9 Australia longitudinal study elective hip or knee joint replacement Orthopaedic preadmission clinic with interviews and Patients’ home a clinical audit Williams et al. Pre- and Handover three times a day with 50–80 complex Regional tertiary paediatric hospital (2015)7 United intervention study patients Paediatric medical specialties Kingdom At baseline: 16 consecutive handovers Paediatric surgery Following intervention: 16 consecutive handovers General paediatrics For children with diverse health conditions Wittwer et al. Cross-sectional Anaesthesiology residents, nurse anaesthetists, Public teaching hospital (2015)20 USA survey study cardiac anaesthesiologists, critical care Cardiac intensive care unit anaesthesiologist, intensive care nurses, and nurse Operating theatre practitioners (n=134 responses, 45% response rate) Zavalkoff et al. Prospective, pre- Health professionals from paediatric cardiac Public teaching hospital (2011)21 Canada and anaesthesia, critical care, and cardiothoracic surgery Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia intervention study participating in 31 handovers Critical care Cardiothoracic surgery Appendix 2: Form, structure, information content, study findings and quality of evidence of included papers (N=59)
Authors (year), country Type of study Sample, nature of complexity Settings for transitions Williams et al. (2007)9 Australia methods longitudinal study with interviews and a clinical audit 20 patients with comorbidities and requiring an elective hip or knee joint replacement Public teaching hospital Orthopaedic preadmission clinic Patients’ home Williams et al. (2015)7 United Kingdom Pre- and study Handover three times a day with 50–80 complex patients At baseline: 16 consecutive handovers Following intervention: 16 consecutive handovers For children with diverse health conditions Regional tertiary paediatric hospital Paediatric medical specialties Paediatric surgery General paediatrics Wittwer et al. (2015)20 USA Cross-sectional survey study Anaesthesiology residents, nurse anaesthetists, cardiac anaesthesiologists, critical care anaesthesiologist, intensive care nurses, and nurse practitioners (n=134 responses, 45% response rate) Public teaching hospital Cardiac intensive care unit Operating theatre Zavalkoff et al. (2011)21 Canada Prospective, pre- and study Health professionals from paediatric cardiac anaesthesia, critical care, and cardiothoracic surgery participating in 31 handovers Public teaching hospital Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia Critical care Cardiothoracic surgery Appendix 2: Form, structure, information content, study findings and quality of evidence of included papers (N=59) intervention intervention