WIRELESS MONITOR TO PREVENT BEDSORES IN NURSING HOMES

无线监控器可预防疗养院褥疮

• 批准号: 6055392
• 负责人: Mark B Friedman
• 金额: $ 31.14万
• 依托单位: AUGMENTECH, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-05 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6055392
• 关键词: bioengineering /biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment development; body movement; clinical biomedical equipment; clinical research; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; decubitus ulcer; disease /disorder prevention /control; disease /disorder proneness /risk; health care quality; hospital equipment /supply; human subject; immobilization of body part; microprocessor /microchip; nursing care evaluation; nursing homes; patient monitoring device; restraint; telemetry

AugmenTech proposes to develop low cost wireless wearable monitors to measure and record the average positions over the course of a day and range of motion of the thigh of nursing home residents who are at risk for developing pressure ulcers. This technology will facilitate better diagnosis of which residents most need help with repositioning; thereby improving overall care cost effectiveness by allowing personnel to concentrate on those with the greatest need. Currently, there is no other efficient way for supervisory nurses to monitor whether nursing aides deliver repositioning care in a timely manner thus our instrumentation can become part of nursing homes' quality assurance programs. Our main research focus is to use our monitors to determine if variations in the timeliness of scheduled repositioning (turning in bed and restraint release from chairs) correlates with variations in pressure ulcer prevention effectiveness. We will investigate if there are time correlations between episodes of delayed repositioning care and pressure ulcer occurrence. We will investigate which combinations of pressure relieving surfaces are most effective for preventing pressure ulcers with residents having different degrees of residual mobility. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Our system will be among the first commercial products capable of cost- effective documentation of compliance with regulations that mandate turning intervention programs. It will also help all nursing facilities for the elderly better identify which residents most need this labor intensive intervention and which residents would benefit from withholding the turning because they spontaneously reposition themselves to an adequate degree.

AugmenTech 提议开发低成本无线可穿戴监视器 测量并记录一天中的平均仓位，以及 有风险的疗养院居民的大腿运动范围 用于发生压疮。这项技术将有利于更好 诊断哪些居民最需要重新定位帮助；从而 通过允许人员提高整体护理成本效益 专注于那些最需要帮助的人。 目前，督导护士没有其他有效的方法 监控护理人员是否及时提供重新定位护理 因此我们的仪器可以成为疗养院质量的一部分 保证计划。 我们的主要研究重点是使用我们的监视器来确定变化是否 及时安排重新体位（在床上翻身和 从椅子上释放约束）与压力变化相关 预防溃疡的功效。如果有时间我们会调查 延迟重新定位护理的发作与压力之间的相关性 溃疡的发生。我们将研究哪些压力组合 缓解表面对于预防压疮最有效 具有不同程度剩余流动性的居民。 拟议的商业应用： 我们的系统将成为首批能够降低成本的商业产品之一 有效记录遵守规定的规定 转向干预计划。 它还将帮助所有护理机构 让老年人更好地确定哪些居民最需要这种劳动力 强化干预，哪些居民将从扣留中受益 转向是因为他们自发地重新定位自己 足够的程度。