Vital Signs Monitoring in Rehabilitation Center Patients

Patients who are ready to leave the hospital but are deemed unable to return home are discharged to a rehabilitation center to regain strength and performance.

Vital signs are only measured when deemed necessary at the rehabilitation center, in contrast to hospital wards, where vital signs are measured intermittently and manually every 8-12 hours.

Wearable devices that continuously monitor a patient's vital signs may be able to detect patients who are deteriorating, as abnormal vital signs often precede a physiologic decline This study aims to determine whether it is possible to continuously monitor patients discharged to a rehabilitation center and detect more abnormal vital signs than measurements from the rehabilitation center. By attaching three wearable devices to 20 patients, we wished to record the vital signs for up to 96 hours, documenting abnormal vital signs as well as complications - and readmission rates.

Inclusion criteria

• discharged to the rehabilitation center after surgery or; diagnosed with ischemic heart disease, chronic heart disease, apoplexia cerebri, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or diabetes.
• Inclusion less than 72 h from rehabilitation admission

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to give informed consent
• Implanted pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator
• allergic to plaster, plastic, silicone