Appraising Evidence about Safe Patient Handling and Mobility

The use of evidence-based practice (EBP) can assist efforts to promote the use of safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) in policy and practice. Evidence about SPHM can be found from a large variety of sources. Once located, evidence using different study designs should be appraised for quality, validity, and relevance to practice. A large variety of proposed tools and frameworks exist for appraising evidence. This article will describe various study designs used in SPHM research and certain frameworks used to appraise research.

Rockefeller K

Keywords: safe patient handling, evidence base, appraising evidence