Development of an Integrated Health Care Environment for Elderly With RFID Technology

Early Phase 1CompletedNCT00748683

National Taiwan University Hospital15 enrolled

Overview

A falling prevention system will be established by RFID location and motion detection. * Using RFID to detect participants' allocation indoor. * Modifying environment parameters such as light, sound, to alert users if them enter a place with potential hazards. Data exchange models will also developed in this project * Interchanging different data including physiological data and RFID data into a database * establishing interchange protocol according the HL7 standard

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Elderly

Interventions

RFIDOTHER

A RFID tag attached on subjects' clothes 24hr a day during 1 month.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age above 65 year old * Living in the Nursing home, Bei-Hu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital * with ability to independent ambulation (with or without assistive devices) Exclusion Criteria: * no ability to independent ambulation * with infective diseases.

Locations (1)

Nursing Home, Bei-Hu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Falling rate of participants

Time frame: End of study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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