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

Elderly Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00748683
• Other study ID #: 20080816R
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• First received: September 1, 2008
• Last updated: December 14, 2009
• Start date: September 2008
• Est. completion date: August 2009

Study information

• Verified date: September 2008
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: August 2009
• Est. primary completion date: February 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

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 Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Elderly

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Nursing Home, Bei-Hu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Falling rate of participants		End of study	Yes