Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Acceptability study, new technologies, health sector, real time location system
Brief summary
Technological innovations are taking over our daily lives, particularly in the health sector. Real-time location systems for healthcare professionals and patients are developing in hospitals. Today few studies have focused on the acceptability of this new technology. The present research, which aims to study the acceptability of a real-time localization systems, reveals a definite utility and acceptability from the patient's point of view, subject to conditions. Indeed, the guarantee of data security and the concrete interest for the patient must be explained. For healthcare professionals working in emergency departments, the usefulness of new technologies in their work is now well established. Nevertheless, the acceptability of a real-time location systems received lukewarm reviews. It depends mainly on reticence linked to the fear of a possible deviation in the use of the data collected.
Detailed description
study the acceptability of a real-time localization of patients and caregivers
Interventions
Discussion between the searcher and the participant about representations and acceptability about a potential real time localization system
Sponsors
Gerontopole Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (AURA)
Saint Etienne School of Mine
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* For general population : people have been hospitalized at least once * For caregivers : works in emergency service
Exclusion criteria
* Person with a neurological disease * Person under guardianship or curatorship
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| opinion and representations about a real time localization system | Days:30 | Measure by individual interviews |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed