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Developing a Daily-use Fall Risk Assessment Device in Clinical Setting
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
Study Objectives Objective 1: Compare the fall risk assessment results between balance sensors, traditional tests, and clinical diagnoses. Objective 2: Improve the feasibility of using sensors to assess fall risk among older patients in the hospital. The investigators select Hong Kong as the region for the experiment. Specifically, the community clinics and daytime hospitals are the actual onsite locations for experimenting. The specific venues of these locations need an electrical power supply and a flat ground for conducting the device test. Patients will be recruited for the development and testing of a device for fall risk assessment, study participants will be involved in balancing assessments, and questionnaire surveys, their medical records will be accessed. And during these tests and questionnaire surveys, the investigators will take photos, videos, and or audio recordings.
Official title: Development and Applications of Daily-use Fall Risk Assessment Device to Prevent Elderly People from Falling
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - 100 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2025-02-01
Completion Date
2026-02-01
Last Updated
2025-01-20
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
iBalance
Participants will engage in the device test, clinical assessment tests. The whole test will last twelve months, and the outcome will be assessed pre- and post-implementation for comparison and validation. The intervention results are used to compared with traditional tests and clinical diagnosis, to identify whether the sensor provides a higher accuracy in predicting fall risk, and to explore the feasibility of the sensor in clinical scenarios.
Locations (1)
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong