Chhokar, R (2005) The 3‐year economic benefits of a ceiling lift intervention aimed to reduce healthcare worker injuries.
Country	CA
Aim	To determine whether the initial positive results reported by Ronald et al. (2002) and Spiegel et al. (2002) were representative of the longer‐term effectiveness of overhead lifts in reducing the risk of injury to nursing staff.
Target population	Occupation: human health activities (long‐term care facility)/dynamic
	Industry: Q—Human health and social work activities
	Setting: 050 Health establishment
	Firm size: Mixed firm size
Study design	ITS with comparison conditions: 2. Serial measures with internal control
	Unit of analysis: Group/organizational level
	Sample size: Analyses based on less than 50 injuries over 6 years period that involved patient handling (65 pre‐intervention, 47 post‐intervention) = 112
Type of intervention	3.2 Multifaceted at the group or organizational level
Evaluation design	Duration of intervention: 3 year intervention
	Duration of follow‐up: 3 = Medium‐term (12–36 months)
	Type of outcome measure: Injury
Study quality	Moderate quality