Non-contact testing of vitals for the patients visiting Kasturba Hospital- Manipal

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: New Technology, (2) ICD-10 Condition: 4||Measurement and Monitoring,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/08/044905
• Lead Sponsor: Manipal Academy of Higher Education_Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to validate the newly developed screening technology that can measure heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature without any physical contact and can predict the status of patient’s health and wellness. The data obtained from this technology will be compared with the conventional method of recording  with physical contact to assess the accuracy of new technology.

We the team of Kasturba hospital doctors and medical devices engineering experts have developed a new technology than can measure a person’s heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature without touching their body. We believe that,  this technology will reduce the risk of  any cross infection among the fellow patients and doctors, nurses and other hospital staffs. This technology also will help the hospital team to effectively screen persons for COVID19 and other respiratory  infections and can identify the severity of underlying illness in persons who is sick and needs immediate treatment. This technology can also identify the persons with COVID19 infection even at very early stage and help them to get early treatment. Apart from screening for infections, this technology can also tell us about general body health and wellness to enable us to treat patient effectively. All the government guidelines are strictly followed for the safety of health care workers and the participants of the study. This technology will record video for one minute and will derive all vital parameters (heart rate , respiratory rate and body temperature) from the recorded video.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-24
• Study Start: 2022-08-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6800

Inclusion Criteria

• 1)All the clients (patients and patient caretakers) of Kasturba Hospital who are waiting for their entry into the hospital premises.
• 2)Both the genders of age group between 5 years to 80 years who can sit in the wheel chair and can walk independently and the care takers of the primary patient.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1)Unconscious, mentally challenged, non-comprehending patients and patients who are confined to stretchers.
• 2)Infants and children of age below 5 years.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1)The accuracy of the non-contact health screening technology will be significantly higher (60-75 percent) compared to a simple IR thermometer in identifying patients with a respiratory infection	1)The recorded data will be analyzed, interpreted, findings will be reviewed every 15 days during the initial 6 months | 2)Once the expert team is confident about the data accuracy, the findings were subjected to analysis at the end of every 8 weeks to test the primary outcomes.
2)The algorithm of non-contact health screening technology will be able to quantify the severity of sickness formulate an effective triaging protocol for pre-symptomatic, early symptomatic, moderate to severely infected Covid-19 other respiratory infection patients	1)The recorded data will be analyzed, interpreted, findings will be reviewed every 15 days during the initial 6 months | 2)Once the expert team is confident about the data accuracy, the findings were subjected to analysis at the end of every 8 weeks to test the primary outcomes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Noncontact health screening technology will be able to reduce 50 to70 percent spread of infection from respiratory infected patients to others visiting hospitals	Noncontact screening technology will be able to reduce the screening time by 50 percent less compared to conventional screening procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba Medical College. Manipal; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba Medical College. Manipal

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Dr Muralidhar Varma

Principal investigator

08202923875

muralidhar.varma@manipal.edu