The construction and performance of pendant alarm monitoring system by IT technology for stumble and/or fall in advanced aged persons.

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24659327
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
• Principal Investigator: NISHIMURA Tsunehiko 京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70237733)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WATANEBE Yoshiyuki 京都府立医科大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (00191809)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: IT / 福祉・介護 / 高齢者 / ペンダント・サービス / 監視システム

Research Abstract

We constructed and carried out pendant alarm monitoring system using IT technology on stumble and/or fall in advanced aged persons in Kameoka city of Kyoto Prefecture. Fifty-one persons (21men and 30women) had pendant service with informed consent. All persons had received a questionnaire at 1,3 and 6 months after attachment of pendant. Advanced aged person and supporter (neighborhood person) had excellent satisfaction and comfortability by this system. Therefore, these data might be useful for a decrease of nursing care and prevention of bedhidden persons, in addition to early detection of stumble and/or fall.