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

December 14, 2009 updated by: National Taiwan University Hospital

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 Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

15

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • Taipei, Taiwan, 100
        • Nursing Home, Bei-Hu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

65 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Falling rate of participants
Time Frame: End of study
End of study

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jin-Shin Lai, M.D., National Taiwan University Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 1, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

September 8, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 15, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 14, 2009

Last Verified

September 1, 2008

More Information

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 20080816R

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