Clinical Trial: Operability and Implementation of a Patient Motion Monitoring System Using Wireless Body Worn Sensors

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Operability and Implementation of a Patient Motion Monitoring System Using Wireless Body Worn Sensors

Brief Summary: In this observational study, a motion monitoring system including body-worn sensors, communication portals, data capture system, and algorithms will be tested with geriatric patients in Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center (Lubbock, TX). The study is part of a long-term effort to improve the quality of life and safety of geriatric patients by using autonomous systems that can alert care givers of mobility issues and falls.

Detailed Summary:

Medical monitoring systems have become an important area of research and development due to the possibility of allowing improved quality of life and care while reducing overall medical costs.

Significance of the study:

The study is significant because it will allow researchers to understand the efficacy of the autonomous sensor system used with actual residents of a geriatric care center. This study is one of the first attempts to monitor movements of geriatric residents as they go about their activities of daily living. This type of system has the potential to improve the quality of life and safety of geriatric patients.

Goals:

The development of autonomous patient monitoring technologies that will eventually improve the quality of life and safety of patients in geriatric care facilities and other environments.

Determine the performance and usability of the wearable sensor system in a geriatric care facility with actual residents going about their daily lives.

Specific Aims:

1. Determine performance of motion data collect ion system for monitoring geriatric residents as they go about their daily life in a geriatric center
2. Determine tolerability of wearing sensors by geriatric residents
3. Understand how medical staff interacts with monitored residents and the sensor devices
4. Determine if the sensor system's algorithms can identify falls

Objectives:

Participants will be monitored for falls. The detection of fall events as determined by the sensors will be compared to the fall log kept by Garrison Geriatric Center.