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Monitoring Movement for Pressure Ulcer Prevention

NCT ID: NCT03114800

Last Updated: 2017-10-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-08-09

Study Completion Date

2017-08-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this work is to develop and test an automated movement detection monitoring tool that could lead to reduced burden on clinicians and in-turn reduce pressure ulcer incidence rates. Ten healthy participants will perform video-recorded bed movements while weight distribution and interface pressures at bony prominences on the pelvis are recorded.

Detailed Description

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The incidence rate and subsequent costs of preventable pressure ulcers is astounding. Although pressure ulcer risk assessment tools and prevention approaches have been a topic of research and for many years, the incidence rate has remained relatively consistent. One reason that progress has not been made to lower the incidence rate is that there is no objective monitoring tool to determine how much a person is moving or is being moved in their bed. Current practices are time-intensive and have not yet leveraged intelligent monitoring technology that could reduce clinical burden and increase accuracy of the risk assessment and efficacy of prevention protocols. The goal of this work is to develop and test an automated movement detection monitoring tool that could lead to reduced burden on clinicians and in-turn reduce pressure ulcer incidence rates. This monitoring tool will be an extension of our intelligent bed sensor we developed named the Embedded Scale, or E-Scale. The E-Scale currently has software modules that detect bed exit, individual weight, and multi-person weight. The project described here would develop a movement module for the E- Scale to monitor people's movements in bed in an attempt to eventually reduce incidence of pressure ulcers in clinical care.

Conditions

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Pressure Ulcer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DEVICE_FEASIBILITY

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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E-Scale

Weight monitoring

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

E-Scale

Intervention Type DEVICE

The E-Scale is comprised of a series of weight monitoring 'pods' and a set of software modules that facilitate data transfer and analysis.

Interventions

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E-Scale

The E-Scale is comprised of a series of weight monitoring 'pods' and a set of software modules that facilitate data transfer and analysis.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Embedded Scale

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria

* Not able to independently get onto a bed and reposition themselves
* Skin lesions in the area where sensors will be placed
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Jonathan Pearlman

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jonathan Pearlman

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jonathan Pearlman, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pittsburgh

Locations

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Bakery Square

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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PRO16120412

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id