Title :
A model for the measurement of patient activity in a hospital suite
Author :
LeBellego, Gael ; Noury, Norbert ; Viron, Gilles ; Mousseau, Mireille ; Demong, Jacques
Author_Institution :
TIMC-IMAG Lab., Univ. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
Abstract :
At the time of hospitalization, it is essential to evaluate the general health status of a patient and to follow up the trends during therapy. Our work is focused on a set of tools for the measurement of patient activity. In this paper, we propose a few indicators of the patient activities of daily living, such as mobility, agitation, repartitions of stays, and displacements. As a result of this work, a diagnostic system was developed that could lead to a deeper knowledge of human activity rhythms in normal situations
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical engineering; biomedical measurement; patient diagnosis; psychology; diagnostic system; health status; hospital suite; hospitalization; human activity rhythms; patient activity measurement; patient mobility; Hospitals; Humans; Intelligent sensors; Magnetic sensors; Oncology; Patient monitoring; Rhythm; Senior citizens; Smart homes; Switches; Hospitalization; rhythms of activity; smart homes; telehomecare;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2005.856855
