Movement registration and analysis for fall risk assessment in the hospital: lessons from an observational pilot study

S.M.B. Robben, K.J. Ploegmakers, A. de Vrijer, N. van der Velde

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Abstract

Background
A valuable opportunity for reducing the fall incidence in hospitals, is alerting nurses when a patient is about to fall. For such a fall prevention system, more knowledge is needed on what occurs right before a fall. This can be achieved with a stereo camera that automatically detects (and records) dangerous situations.
Methods
Inpatients with a high risk of falling are selected for inclusion. A fall-risk questionnaire is administered and falls are logged during their stay. A stereo-camera (3D BRAVO-EagleEye system) is mounted in the ceiling and monitors the bed with surroundings. A baseline recording is made to improve the algorithms behind the alert system. When a fall or dangerous situation is detected, monitoring data preceding the incident is stored. Data is analyzed to assess 1) the quality of the system and 2) the prevalence of dangerous situations. Interviews with senior nurses are included in the evaluation.
Results
Data collection is ongoing (Currently n=18; falls=1), and currently consists of ±62 hour of baseline recordings and ±24 hour of event-based recordings. These recordings include false positives as well as actual high risk situations.
Conclusions
Despite the initial enthusiasm of the participating departments, inclusion of participants is slow, and the number of falls lower than expected. Possible explanations for this have been discussed with the involved senior nurses. With the monitoring data we gained more insight into the occurrence of dangerous situations, but to be able to reliably predict falls, more data on actual falls
should be recorded.
Original languageEnglish
Pages63-63
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2018
EventEU Falls Festival 2018: New Solutions to Old Problems: ensuring sustainability of falls prevention interventions - Manchester, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Jul 20183 Jul 2018
http://www.eufallsfest.eu/

Conference

ConferenceEU Falls Festival 2018
Abbreviated titleEUFF
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityManchester
Period2/07/183/07/18
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  • EU Falls Festival 2018

    Saskia Robben (Participant) & A. de Vrijer (Participant)

    2 Jul 20183 Jul 2018

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