Test of a new lifting technology & device to reduce the load of caregivers working for bedridden persons.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Healthy adults
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000042822
- Lead Sponsor
- Division of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
ew tech: making a futon wavy under a person, belts being inserted to wave troughs, tied to a frame, the bed being lowered to lift the person. Feasibility tests: 1. a device set to an occupied bed, 2. sheets change, 3. change upper body clothes & 4. lower ones, 5. bed bath, 6. bedpan insertion, 7. move to a wheelchair, 8. sheet wrinkle removal. All but 3 & 5 were done well. Changing futon sheets with new & current methods by 30 participants: new tech was feasible, giving tidy sheets, but taking longer time.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasible or non-feasible experimental facts of the new lifting technology & device to care tasks for bedridden persons. The results will be obtained at the end of the experiments.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Physical load of the caregiver performers using the new technology in comparison with the current one. 2.Comfort or discomfort of care-receiver performers using the new technology in comparison with the current one. 3.Appearance, symmetry and tidiness of the bed after the care tasks using the new technology in comparison with the current one. 4.Required time for care tasks using the new technology in comparison with the current one. The results will be obtained at the end of the experiments.