Reconfiguring the Patient Room to Increase Patient Stability

NCT ID: NCT04003779

Last Updated: 2025-03-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

18 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-14

Study Completion Date

2024-09-29

Brief Summary

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Despite decades of research into patient falls, falls and the injuries incurred continue to be a serious threat to patient safety. Fall rates continue to be unacceptably high. The purpose of this project is to increase the safety of a hospital room for patient mobility, using innovative simulation strategies and patient-centric design.

Detailed Description

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Despite decades of research into patient falls, falls and the injuries incurred continue to be a serious threat to patient safety. Fall rates continue to be unacceptably high. The purpose of this project is to increase the safety of a hospital room for patient mobility, using innovative simulation strategies and patient-centric design.

An innovative simulation environment will be built to enable rapid assessment of room layout and fixture positioning and patient stability. The results from multiple simulations will be used to fabricate a prototype room layout that will be tested by patients with Parkinson disease and reviewed and updated with input from other relevant stakeholders. A final room prototype will be built and tested. Results will be translated and shared with all stakeholders and disseminated for implementation.

Conditions

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Elderly, Frail Accidental Falls Hospitals

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Using virtual reality and ergonomic measures, we will sequentially adjust features of the hospital room to determine the most stable gate in frail elderly patients.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Participant stability with various room configurations

Single-arm. Ergonomically exploring patient stability moving around various configurations of a hospital room.

Group Type OTHER

Room configuration

Intervention Type OTHER

Adjust distance, handrails, degrees of turn for participant

Interventions

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Room configuration

Adjust distance, handrails, degrees of turn for participant

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Frail elderly, impaired gait

Exclusion Criteria

* Use of walking aid
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Center for Health Design

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bob Wong

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bob G Wong, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Utah

Andrew Merryweather, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Utah

Locations

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Dumke Health Professions Building

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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00099410

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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