Robot-assisted home hazard assessment for fall prevention: a feasibility study

Sadasivam, Rajani S.; Luger, Tana M.; Coley, Heather L.; Taylor, Benjamin; Padır, Taşkın; Ritchie, Christine S.; Houston, Thomas K.

doi:10.1177/1357633x13517350

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“…The use of non-clamping rugs and smooth and slippery floorings seems to be unaffected which reduces slippery floors. Sadasivam, according to the view of elderly, reported the bedroom’s light and a bright way from bed to toilets as risk factors [ 36 ], which was not consistent with the findings of the present study. Indirect electricity and lighting are used in Iranian homes, and almost all participants have enough light and brightness, especially in stairs, corridors and bathrooms in their homes.…”

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Effect of the Living Environment on falls among the Elderly in Urmia

Mahmoodabad

Zareipour

Askarishahi

et al. 2018

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND:The living environment has an impact on the health of the elderly, and the safety of the house is one of the concerns of the elderly. Disregarding the safety concerns increases the falling.AIM:This research was conducted with the aim of influencing the living environment on falls among elderly people in Urmia city.METHODS:This is a cross-sectional (descriptive-analytic) study which 200 elderly people were selected by random cluster sampling. Data were collected by using a two-part questionnaire including demographic information, and home safety assessment checklist. Data were analysed by using chi-square test and logistic regression in SPSS v. 21 software.RESULTS:The incidence of falling in the elderly was 30%. There was a significant statistical association with age, sex, marital status and history of chronic disease. Results of logistic regression showed non-safe stairs (OR = 1.1, p = 0.002), unsafe toilet/bath (OR = 1.3, p = 0.001), unsafe bedrooms (OR = 1.7, p = 0.05) unsafe living room (OR = 1.4, p = 0.02) increase the falls in the elderly, as well as male gender (OR = 1.14, p < 0.001) and living with other people (OR = 0.19, p = 0.002) reduce the falls in the elderly.CONCLUSION:By identifying the risk factors of the physical space of the home, we can plan for implementing necessary interventions according to the risk factor or risk factors to prevent and reduce the falls in the elderly community.

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Effect of the Living Environment on falls among the Elderly in Urmia

Mahmoodabad

Zareipour

Askarishahi

et al. 2018

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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“…Sadasivam et al, 2014[61] proposed the development of a remote-controlled robot (Spykee) equipped with video camera and different sensors that passed over all types of flooring, including carpets. The purpose of the study was to see whether the robot was able to make an assessment of risks in the home by detecting potential hazards and preventing falls.…”

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Is Technology Present in Frailty? Technology a Back-up Tool for Dealing with Frailty in the Elderly: A Systematic Review

Mugueta-Aguinaga

Garcia‐Zapirain

2017

Aging and disease

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This study analyzes the technologies used in dealing with frailty within the following areas: prevention, care, diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this paper is, on the one hand, to analyze the extent to which technology is present in terms of its relationship with frailty and what technological resources are used to treat it. Its other purpose is to define new challenges and contributions made by physiotherapy using technology. Eighty documents related to research, validation and/or the ascertaining of different types of hardware, software or both were reviewed in prominent areas. The authors used the following scales: in the area of diagnosis, Fried’s phenotype model of frailty and a model based on trials for the design of devices. The technologies developed that are based on these models accounted for 55% and 45% of cases respectively. In the area of prevention, the results proved similar regarding the use of wireless sensors with cameras (35.71%), and Kinect™ sensors (28.57%) to analyze movements and postures that indicate a risk of falling. In the area of care, results were found referring to the use of different motion, physiological and environmental wireless sensors (46,15%), i.e. so-called smart homes. In the area of treatment, the results show with a percentage of 37.5% that the Nintendo® Wii™ console is the most used tool for treating frailty in elderly persons. Further work needs to be carried out to reduce the gap existing between technology, frail elderly persons, healthcare professionals and carers to bring together the different views about technology. This need raises the challenge of developing and implementing technology in physiotherapy via serious games that may via play and connectivity help to improve the functional capacity, general health and quality of life of frail individuals.

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“…Studies varied markedly in terms of the psychometric data presented. Some authors reported criterion validity [ 49 , 62 , 110 , 112 , 120 , 124 ], others reported content validity [ 56 , 81 , 82 , 91 , 97 , 103 ] or predictive validity [ 27 ]. Only two authors reported sensitivity and specificity of checklists items [ 62 , 103 ].…”

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“…From these documents, 42 unique checklists were identified and included in the second stage of this review [ 8 , 15 – 17 , 20 – 23 , 34 , 44 , 49 , 51 , 53 , 58 , 66 , 69 , 72 , 79 , 82 , 86 , 87 , 98 , 102 , 108 , 110 – 112 , 115 , 121 , 124 , 126 , 132 , 135 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 144 , 148 – 152 ].…”

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A need to improve the assessment of environmental hazards for falls on stairs and in bathrooms: results of a scoping review

Blanchet

Edwards

2018

BMC Geriatr

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BackgroundFalls occurring on stairs or in bathrooms are associated with a high risk of injuries among older adults. Home environmental assessments are frequently used to guide fall-prevention interventions. The aims of this review were to describe how, where, by whom, and for whom environmental hazard checklists are used, and to examine the characteristics of environmental hazard assessment checklists with specific attention to features of bathrooms and stairs/steps assessed in them.MethodsStudies published before January 5, 2018, were identified using several databases. Publications reporting the use and/or evaluation of environmental hazard checklists were eligible if they assessed bathrooms or stairs/steps in homes of older adults (≥65 years). Content analysis was conducted on publications that provided a complete list of specific environmental hazards assessed. Checklist items related to bathrooms and stairs/steps were extracted and categorized as structural or non-structural and as objective or subjective.Results1119 studies were appraised. A pool of 136 published articles and 4 checklists from the grey literature were included in this scoping review. Content analysis was conducted on 42 unique checklists. There was no widely used checklist and no obvious consensus definition of either environmental hazards overall or of single hazards listed in checklists. Checklists varied greatly with respect to what rooms were assessed, whether or not outdoor stair/steps hazards were assessed, and how responses were coded. Few checklists examined person-environment fit. The majority of checklists were not oriented towards structural hazards in bathrooms. Although the majority of checklists assessing stair/steps hazards evaluated structural hazards, most features assessed were not related to the construction geometry of stairs/steps. Objective features of bathrooms and stairs/steps that would deem them safe were rarely specified. Rather, adequacy of their characteristics was mostly subjectively determined by the evaluator with little or no guidance or training.ConclusionThe lack of standard definitions and objective criteria for assessing environmental hazards for falls is limiting meaningful cross-study comparisons and slowing advances in this field. To inform population health interventions aimed at preventing falls, such as building code regulations or municipal housing by-laws, it is essential to include objectively-assessed structural hazards in environmental checklists.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12877-018-0958-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Robot-assisted home hazard assessment for fall prevention: a feasibility study

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of the Living Environment on falls among the Elderly in Urmia

Effect of the Living Environment on falls among the Elderly in Urmia

Is Technology Present in Frailty? Technology a Back-up Tool for Dealing with Frailty in the Elderly: A Systematic Review

A need to improve the assessment of environmental hazards for falls on stairs and in bathrooms: results of a scoping review

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