Wicked Smart Pad: Washable Sensorized Bedding for the Prevention and Detection of Moisture Events

Wicked Smart Pad：可清洗的感应床上用品，用于预防和检测潮湿事件

• 批准号: 10601816
• 负责人: Allison Truttmann
• 金额: $ 34.27万
• 依托单位: WICKED SHEETS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2024-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10601816
• 关键词: Activities of Daily Living; Acute; Address; Adult; Aging; Agitation; Alzheimer' s disease patient; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; Assisted Living Facilities; Beds; Behavior; Bladder Control; Blood Circulation; Businesses; COVID-19 pandemic; Caregivers; Caring; Cellular Phone; Collaborations; Collection; Communication; Computer software; Confusion; Data; Dementia; Dementia caregivers; Detection; Deterioration; Development; Devices; Distress; Dryness; Early Diagnosis; Engineering; Enrollment; Ensure; Environmental Impact; Event; Family member; Feedback; Financial Hardship; Goals; Health; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Health Personnel; Health care facility; Healthcare Systems; Heart Atrium; Home; Iatrogenesis; Incontinence; Individual; Infection; Intervention; Interview; Kentucky; Kidney; Laundering; Life; Long-Term Care; Marketing; Measures; Methods; Monitor; Neck; Neurologic; New York; Nursing Homes; Organ; Pain; Panic; Patient Care; Patients; Phase; Population; Predisposition; Prevention; Pus; Quality of Care; Quality of life; Reporting; Risk Factors; Sampling; Sensory; Signal Transduction; Site; Skin; Skin injury; Surveys; System; Testing; Time; Update; Urinary tract infection; Urine; Withdrawal; Woman; advanced dementia; aged; community living; comorbidity; dashboard; data exchange; decubitus ulcer; dementia care; design; healthcare community; high risk; improved; innovation; innovative technologies; memory care; mortality; new technology; patient home care; phase 1 study; predictive tools; preference; satisfaction; sensor; sensor technology; supply chain; tool; transmission process; usability; user-friendly; wireless communication; wireless network; wireless sensor; wireless transmission

Project Summary/Abstract: Due to decreased mobility, deterioration in activities of daily living, and neurological decline that contributes to loss of bladder control, incontinence is a leading comorbidity for those individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Further, individuals with incontinence are susceptible to the development of pressure ulcers (PUs), with nearly 40% of advanced dementia patients developing PUs. Rightly, there is heighten concern that increasing rates of dementia will lead to higher rates of PUs, resulting in increased suffering and mortality in the ADRD population. While the impact of PUs in the acute setting is well understood, there is a range of potential iatrogenic skin injuries regarded as an inevitable part of aging that remain underappreciated and under-investigated in ambulatory memory care units and assisted living (AL) facilities. Maintaining skin integrity in ADRD patients is an ever-present challenge for healthcare providers and caregivers, as well as a significant financial burden. Early detection of moisture events mitigates the complications associated with incontinence, improving the quality-of-care patients receive. While efforts have been made to address incontinence through product innovation, none have utilized a fully integrated systems approach that incorporates unobtrusive sensor technology, early detection, and has a positive environmental impact. Wicked Sheets, a Kentucky-based, woman-owned business, has developed the Wicked Smart Pad, a washable and reusable, sensorized bedding pad system. It alerts caregivers when a moisture event occurs via wireless communication, collecting vital information to support the care team. In Phase I, the PI and the collaborating site, Atria Park of Great Neck, New York, will determine the feasibility and usability of the sensorized bedding pad system, evaluate its acceptability by care staff and residents alike. Aims: 1: Evaluate the feasibility, usability, and durability of the Wicked Smart Pad for individuals with ADRD in an assisted living home. 2: Evaluate usage and acceptability of care staff interaction with the Wicked Smart pad. 3: Engineer power-efficient firmware that collects and transmits moisture event data through a HIPAA compliant wireless network, which integrates within the test site’s network on a user-friendly dashboard. At the end of Phase 1, Wicked Sheets will have implemented the Wicked Smart Pad to patients with ADRD in an assisted living community, received feedback on the bedding, hardware, and software from the end-users, and assessed the ability to collect moisture samples. Phase II efforts will include device and firmware enhancements. This novel technology serves as a prevention and intervention tool for care staff, ADRD family members, and the healthcare community at large to reduce the burdens of the workforce and financial strain, enhancing the quality of life and care of those individuals living with ADRD.

项目摘要/摘要： 由于行动不便、日常生活能力下降和神经功能衰退 失去对膀胱的控制，大小便失禁是阿尔茨海默病患者的主要共病 疾病及相关痴呆(ADRD)。此外，大小便失禁的人更容易患上 发生压疮(PU)，近40%的晚期痴呆症患者出现PU。 正确的是，人们高度关注痴呆症发病率的增加将导致更高的脓疱率，从而导致 ADRD人口中的痛苦和死亡率增加。虽然脓液在急性环境中的影响是好的 理解，有一系列潜在的医源性皮肤损伤被认为是衰老的不可避免的一部分 在流动记忆护理病房和辅助生活(AL)中仍然得不到重视和调查 设施。保持ADRD患者的皮肤完整性是医疗保健提供者和 照顾者，以及巨大的经济负担。及早发现潮湿事件可缓解 与大小便失禁相关的并发症，改善患者接受的护理质量。虽然已经做出了努力 已经通过产品创新来解决大小便失禁问题，但没有一个利用完全集成的系统 该方法结合了隐蔽的传感器技术，及早发现，并具有积极的环境 冲击力。位于肯塔基州的一家由女性拥有的企业Wicked Sheets开发了一款名为Wicked Smart Pad的平板电脑。 可清洗、可重复使用的感应式床垫系统。当潮湿事件发生时，它会向护理人员发出警报 无线通信，收集重要信息以支持护理团队。在第一阶段，PI和 合作地点，纽约大颈区的Atria Park，将决定 感应式床垫系统，评估其护理人员和居民的接受度。目标：1：评估 辅助生活中ADRD患者使用邪恶智能板的可行性、可用性和耐用性 回家。2：评估护理人员与邪恶智能垫互动的使用率和可接受性。3：工程师 高能效固件，通过符合HIPAA标准的无线设备收集和传输湿度事件数据 网络，它在用户友好的仪表板上集成到考点的网络中。在阶段1结束时， 邪恶床单将在辅助生活中为ADRD患者实施邪恶智能板 社区，从最终用户那里收到关于床上用品、硬件和软件的反馈，并评估 收集水分样本的能力。第二阶段的工作将包括设备和固件增强。这部小说 技术为护理人员、ADRD家庭成员和 以减轻工作人员的负担和经济压力，加强 生活质量和对患有ADRD的人的护理。