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SUBMITTER: Padhye NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3601032 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Padhye Nikhil S NS Zhang Xuan X Rapp Mary Pat MP Bergstrom Nancy N
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 20110101
Nursing facility residents at high risk for pressure ulcers are turned in bed by staff at regular intervals. In an ongoing large, multi-site randomized clinical trial (RCT) the impacts of 2, 3, and 4 hour turning intervals are being studied on pressure ulcer outcomes. In the RCT, it is necessary to objectively confirm the reported times of assisted turning by certified nurse assistants using activity data. Activity peaks in Gaussian-smoothed activity data were unable to confirm all turning event ...[more]