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

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

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Key information

Conditions

Elderly

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

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

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

RFID

Other

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

Primary outcomes

Falling rate of participants

Time frame: End of study

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Primary completion: 2009
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Sep 8, 2008
Registry last updated: Dec 15, 2009

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