Evaluation of the effectiveness of the sliding sheet in repositioning care in terms of working time and subjective fatigue: A comparative study with an experimental design

Manual patient handling is a major cause of low back pain among healthcare staff. The sliding sheet is an assistive device designed to aid healthcare staff performing patient repositioning in bed. The use of sliding sheets in healthcare facilities is currently relatively rare because of the perceived additional time required compared with non-assisted handling. However, the details of the time difference between techniques and the barriers to...