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Validation of the NeuroTec Loft

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Activities of Daily Living
Aging
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Interventions
Other: Monitoring by unobtrusive sensors
Registration Number
NCT04793555
Lead Sponsor
University of Bern
Brief Summary

The progression of neurodegenerative disorders and the increasing number of elderly people intensifies the need of institutional care, which contrasts with the desire of most elderly and patients to live independently at home. The rapid evolution of assistive technology offers new possibilities in providing medical professionals preventive services in real-time. Therefore, the main focus of this study is on the individual sensors and how they can be combined to one unobtrusive system to assess the human behaviour and daily activities during day and night in an instrumented apartment in healthy participants.

Detailed Description

The higher prevalence of age-associated neurodegenerative disorders (e.g. Parkinson, Alzheimer), is in line with a steady increase of the average life expectancy in Switzerland. With the progression of neurodegenerative disorders and the increasing number of elderly people, the need for institutional care intensifies, which contrasts with the desire of most elderly and patients to live independently. The rapid evolution of assistive technology offers new possibilities in providing medical professionals preventive services in real-time. An extended stay in the hospital could influence independent ageing negatively and thus, monitoring has great potential to prevent critical events. In this study, the main focus is on the individual sensors and how they can be combined to one unobtrusive system. In addition, to get an understanding which parameters of the sensors are important and how the data can be extracted and processed (algorithms). Therefore, the aim of this study is to validate the accuracy to assess human behaviour and daily activities during day and night by unobtrusive sensors in an instrumented apartment in healthy participants.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
104
Inclusion Criteria
  • Written informed consent
  • Aged ≥18 years
  • German speaking
Exclusion Criteria
  • Infected by multidrug-resistant bacteria according to current medical history
  • Incontinence

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Experimental_ArmMonitoring by unobtrusive sensorsAssessment of behavior during day and night by unobtrusive sensors
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Heart rate (Vital parameters)1 Week / Continuously

The heart rate will be continuously measured by pressure sensors, radar sensors, infrared camera, galvanic sensor and polysomnography (gold standard).

Respiration rate (Vital parameters)1 Week / Continuously

The respiration rate will be continuously measured by pressure sensors, radar sensors, infrared camera, galvanic sensor and polysomnography (gold standard).

Oxygen saturation (Vital parameters)1 Week / Continuously

The oxygen saturation will be continuously measured by pressure sensors, radar sensors, infrared camera, galvanic sensor and polysomnography (gold standard).

Systolic / Diastolic blood pressure (Vital parameters)1 Week / Continuously

The blood pressure will be continuously measured by pressure sensors, radar sensors, infrared camera, galvanic sensor and polysomnography (gold standard).

Skin conductance (Vital parameters)1 Week / Continuously

The skin conductance will be continuously measured by pressure sensors, radar sensors, infrared camera, galvanic sensor and polysomnography (gold standard).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
3D Model (Coordinates of the joints over time) of the participant in the apartment (Movement parameters)1 Week / Continuously

The pose will be assessed continuously by pressure sensors, radar sensors, accelerometer, gyroscope, motion tracking (gold standard), lidar sensors, piir sensors.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering, Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation

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Bern, Ber, Switzerland

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