Pressure Ulcer Monitoring Platform (PUMP)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pressure Ulcer

In brief

This study will employ two monitoring device prototypes. The devices are sensors containing accelerometers and gyroscope. The raw output data will be analyzed to determine when patients are moved or are repositioned in their beds. The data is captured within a modem which will correlate these movements with video recordings for interpretation by the research team. One sensor is wearable on the patient gown or sleepwear, and the other is placed underneath the frame of the hospital bed. The investigators propose a non-blinded trial with n=10 where all subjects will undergo the two devices. A video camera will be placed in each subject room for recording the repositioning events to correlate the monitor signals with the actual subject repositioning captured by the video. The goal of the trial is to validate the ability of each of the sensor prototypes to accurately detect when subjects are turned, in order to reduce stationary positioning which contributes to the incidence of pressure ulcers and to improve compliance with patient repositioning trials.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02952664

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

12

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-06

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subject is over 18 years of age
• Subject is immobile and/or unable to independently re-position self

You may not qualify if…

• Subject is under the age of 18 years
• Subject is able to independently re-position self

Where it is running

• UPMC Mercy — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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