The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness, safety and side effects of Sensable®Care System for inpatients. The Sensable®Care System uses pressure sensors and computer software to sense how patients are positioned on the bed in order to reduce bed falls. The Sensable®Care System Mattress has sensors embedded in them, which will be monitored by the nurses in your unit. This study has three specific aims: 1. To assess the comfort of the system when used with hospitalized patients; 2. To observe how the system can be integrated into nurses' and hospital staff's regular workflow to help to modify and improve the system. 3. To analyze data from nursing response to alerts generated from hospitalized patients to improve alert system performance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
71
The Sensable®Care Mattress has sensors embedded in it. Sensable®Care System is able to identify if the subject is stirring in bed, sitting up from the bed, attempting to leave the bed, or being out of the bed. If the subject is found to be in any of these four scenarios, four different types of alerts/notifications will warn clinicians: Stirring Notification, Sitting Up Notification, Bed Leaving Alert, Out of Bed Alert, will be generated by Sensable®Care System respectively. Once these four alerts/notifications are generated, designated attending nurses or caregivers equipped with a mobile app will receive audible, vibratory, and/or visual alerts from the Dashboard with subject's room number and type of alert displayed mobile app. Thus, interventions/assistance can be carried out presumably early. Harm to patient safety may be prevented.
Downey Medical Center
Downey, California, United States
% of Nursing Staff Who Want to Use the System Following the Trial
Acceptance of SensableCare System after Trial Period
Time frame: focus group at week 8 within the 13 week study period
% of Nursing Staff Who Want to Use the System Following the Trial
Acceptance of SensableCare System after Trial Period
Time frame: focus group at week 12 within the 13 week study period
Rate of Bed Falls Decreased Over Study Period
Whether bed falls had decreased over the study period compared to before the start of the trial
Time frame: through the 13 week study period
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