caregiver/elderly, care,receiver elderly, care,receiver
Conditions
Interventions
The participated caregiver transfers the elderly people with using assistance robot [SASUKE]. The number of uses of this robot are at least 5 times or more during the investigating period. The interve
patients transfer
Assistive device
Sponsors
Ohata Koji
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Caregiver 1.Individuals who have more than six months of work experience as a certified care worker. 2.18 years old or older at the time of obtaining consent. 2.Person who needs care 1.Individuals who need full assistance during the transfer. 2.Individuals who needs to be supported by two caregivers. 3.Individuals with a height from 140 cm to less than 180 cm and a weight of less than 120 kg. 4.40 years old or older at the time of obtaining consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Caregiver 1.Individuals whose transfer assistance is limited by orthopedic problems such as pain Person who needs care 1.Individuals who have had adverse events such as fractures associated with transfer during past one year. 2.Individuals who have difficulty to assist in normal transfer due to severe limitation of range of motion. 3.Individuals who have frequent severe epilepsy and seizures and are expected to have seizures during measurement in this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical Work Load assessment during transfer assistance for caregivers | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| questionnaire concerned with assisting transfer for caregivers questionnaire for survey of care recipients' attitudes for caregivers Change of heart rate during transfer both in caregiver and elderly Electromyographic activity during transferring relationship between Barthel Index for elderly and Physical Work Load, questionnaire concerned with assisting transfer for caregivers or questionnaire for survey of care recipients' attitudes for caregivers. Test-retest reliability for Physical Work Load, questionnaire concerned with assisting transfer for caregivers and questionnaire for survey of care recipients' attitudes for caregivers. relationship between physiological measurements and Physical Work Load, questionnaire concerned with assisting transfer for caregivers or questionnaire for survey of care recipients' attitudes for caregivers. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactKoji Ohata
Graduate school of Medicine, Kyoto University
Outcome results
None listed