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A prospective field study for sensor-based identification of fall risk in older people with dementia

Authors

Gietzelt, Matthias, Feldwieser, Florian, Gövercin, Mehmet, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Marschollek, Michael

Journal

Informatics for Health & Social Care, Volume: 39, No.: 3-4, Pages.: 249-261

Year of Publication

2014

Abstract

Objective: Aim of this study was to make a fall prognosis in a cohort of older people with dementia in short-term (2 month), mid-term (4 month) and long-term (8 month) intervals using accelerometry during the subjects’ everyday life. Methods: The study was designed as a longitudinal cohort study. The subjects were recruited from a nursing home and geriatric assessment tests were conducted at baseline. Each subject underwent four visits and was measured at each visit for one week. Gait episodes were detected and gait parameters were extracted from these episodes. These gait parameters were combined with the falls occurred during the study. A decision tree induction method was used to analyze the data. Results: Forty subjects participated in the study, whereby 12 drop-outs were registered. The geriatric assessment tests were unable to distinguish between the groups (AUC < 0.6). The evaluation of the models induced with the decision tree classification showed a rate of correctly classified gait episodes of 88.4% for short-term, 74.8% for mid-term, and 88.5 % for long-term monitoring. Discussion and conclusions: We concluded that it is possible to classify gait episodes of fallers and non-fallers in people with dementia during everyday life using accelerometry. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)

Bibtex Citation

@article{Gietzelt_2014, doi = {10.3109/17538157.2014.931851}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17538157.2014.931851}, year = 2014, month = {aug}, publisher = {Informa {UK} Limited}, volume = {39}, number = {3-4}, pages = {249--261}, author = {Matthias Gietzelt and Florian Feldwieser and Mehmet Gövercin and Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen and Michael Marschollek}, title = {A prospective field study for sensor-based identification of fall risk in older people with dementia}, journal = {Informatics for Health and Social Care} }

Keywords

accelerometer, dementia, fall risk, falls, gait, geriatrics, healthenabling technologies, prognosis, risk factors, technology

Countries of Study

Germany

Types of Dementia

Dementia (general / unspecified)

Types of Study

Cohort Study

Type of Interventions

Treatment/prevention of co-morbidities or additional risks

Co-Morbidities

Fall Prevention