Evaluation of patient participation in relation to the implementation of a person-centered nursing shift handover.

Background: It has been suggested that nursing shift-to-shift handover should be a more team-based dialogue with and for the patient rather than about a patient.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate patient participation in relation to the implementation of the person-centered handover (PCH).

Method: A pretest-posttest design was used without a comparison group, including patients from nine units in a university hospital at pretest (n = 228) and after implementing PCH (posttest, n = 253) per the framework integrated-Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services.