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

NCT ID: NCT02272933

Last Updated: 2019-12-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-10-31

Brief Summary

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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 Description

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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:

1. Analyze the motion data generated by the system to determine system performance. The list of performance metrics will include: (a) system up-time, (b) continuity of data collection (c) sensor device failure rate, (d) sensor device battery life (e) simultaneous collection of data when multiple monitored residents are in the same localized area.
2. Assess the tolerability of wearing the devices over the course of a day using a survey administered to residents.
3. Assess the usability of the sensor system using a survey administered to care givers.
4. Compare events flagged as falls by system algorithms with the fall log produced by Garrison staff, cross-verified against personal fall logs, to determine the ability of the system to detect falls.

Conditions

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Accidental Falls Gait, Unsteady

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Wireless Body-Worn Sensors

Elderly patients will wear sensors (Smart Slippers and a belt-clip sensor) as they go about their daily life in a geriatric care center.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Smart Slipper

Intervention Type DEVICE

The shoe measures foot pressure and motion allowing gait to be quantified.

Belt-Clip Sensor

Intervention Type DEVICE

The sensor measures acceleration of the body allowing falls to be detected.

Interventions

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Smart Slipper

The shoe measures foot pressure and motion allowing gait to be quantified.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Belt-Clip Sensor

The sensor measures acceleration of the body allowing falls to be detected.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. At least 30 day resident of Garrison.
2. Deemed mentally competent by primary care provider to make decisions regarding their daily shoe wear.
3. A resident prone to falls is eligible.
4. Willing to wear shoes and offer high level of compliance to study
5. Able to provide informed consent
6. Able to complete survey
7. Age range: 45-85 yrs

Exclusion Criteria

1\. Unwilling to participate 2. Not mentally competent to provide informed consent

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Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Texas Tech University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ron Banister, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Locations

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Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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L14-125

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id