Development of an Integrated Health Care Environment for Elderly With RFID Technology

Status

Completed

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00748683

Enrollment

Registered

2008-09-08

Start date

2008-09-30

Completion date

2009-08-31

Last updated

2009-12-15

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Conditions

Elderly

Keywords

elderly, longterm care

Brief summary

A falling prevention system will be established by RFID location and motion detection. * Using RFID to detect participants' allocation indoor. * Modifying environment parameters such as light, sound, to alert users if them enter a place with potential hazards. Data exchange models will also developed in this project * Interchanging different data including physiological data and RFID data into a database * establishing interchange protocol according the HL7 standard

Interventions

OTHERRFID

A RFID tag attached on subjects' clothes 24hr a day during 1 month.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age above 65 year old * Living in the Nursing home, Bei-Hu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital * with ability to independent ambulation (with or without assistive devices)

Exclusion criteria

* no ability to independent ambulation * with infective diseases.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Falling rate of participants	End of study

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026