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The Effectiveness of a Wireless Modular Bed Absence Sensor Device for Fall Prevention among Older Inpatients

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Title
The Effectiveness of a Wireless Modular Bed Absence Sensor Device for Fall Prevention among Older Inpatients
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Frontiers in Public Health, January 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00292
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Kogilavani Subermaniam, Ridgwan Welfred, Pathmawathi Subramanian, Karuthan Chinna, Fatimah Ibrahim, Mas S. Mohktar, Maw Pin Tan

Abstract

Falls and fall-related injuries are increasingly serious issues among elderly inpatients due to population aging. The bed-exit alarm has only previously been evaluated in a handful of studies with mixed results. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of a modular bed absence sensor device (M-BAS) in detecting bed exits among older inpatients in a middle income nation in East Asia. Patients aged ≥65 years on an acute geriatric ward who were able to mobilize with or without walking aids and physical assistance were recruited to the study. The total number of alarms and the numbers of true and false alarms were recorded by ward nurses. The M-BAS device is placed across the mattress of all consenting participants. Nurses' workload was assessed using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) score, while nurses' perceptions were surveyed. The sensitivity of the M-BAS was 100% with a positive predictive value of 68% and a nuisance alarm rate of 31%. There was a significant reduction in total NASA-TLX workload score (mean difference = 14.34 ± 13.96 SD, p < 0.001) at the end of the intervention period. 83% of the nurses found the device useful for falls prevention, 97% found it user friendly, and 87% would use it in future. The M-BAS was able to accurately detect bed absence episodes among geriatric inpatients and alert nurses accordingly. The use of the device significantly reduced the total workload score, while the acceptability of the device was high among our nurses. A larger, cluster randomized study to measure actual falls outcome associated with the use of the device is now indicated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 115 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 19 16%
Student > Bachelor 19 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 6%
Researcher 5 4%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 3%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 45 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 29 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 3%
Unspecified 2 2%
Other 6 5%
Unknown 49 42%
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