Handoff Mnemonics Used in Perioperative Handoff Intervention Studies: A Systematic Review
Authors' conclusion
While the evidence supporting one handoff mnemonic over others is weak, SBAR/SBAR variants have been studied more often in the perioperative environment demonstrating some process improvements.
Study context
- Population
- English-language perioperative handoff intervention studies that included a handoff mnemonic, January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2022
- Participants
- 37 articles
- Outcome
- Characteristics of perioperative handoff mnemonic intervention studies
Methodological detailsprotocol registered, pairs of trained reviewers, Searches: PubMed, Scopus, ERIC (EBSCO), Education Full Text (EBSCO), EMBASE (Elsevier), Cochrane
- Protocol registered
- Pairs of trained reviewers
- Searches: PubMed, Scopus, ERIC (EBSCO), Education Full Text (EBSCO), EMBASE (Elsevier), Cochrane
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
- Published after 2015
- 29/37; 78%
- Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) and SBAR variants used
- 22/37; 59%
- SBAR/SBAR-variant studies reporting ≥1 statistically significant process improvement
- 45% (10/22)
- Mnemonics expanded into lists or checklists
- Seventy percent (26/37)
- Interdisciplinary/interprofessional team used to develop the intervention
- Fifty-seven percent (21/37)
- ≥1 measurement tool previously published or validated by the authors
- 49% (18/37)
- Process measurement tools with some form of validation
- Forty-one percent (11/27)
- Training/education used as implementation strategy (descriptions brief; no study used interprofessional education)
- 36/37; 97%
- Measured perception alone
- Twenty-seven percent (10/37)
- Measured patient outcomes
- 11% (4/37)
Original publication
Handoff Mnemonics Used in Perioperative Handoff Intervention Studies: A Systematic Review. Anesth Analg. Published 26 November 2024. doi:10.
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