Wicked Smart Pad: Washable Sensorized Bedding for the Prevention and Detection of Moisture Events

Wicked Smart Pad：可清洗的感应床上用品，用于预防和检测潮湿事件

• 批准号: 10601816
• 负责人: Allison Truttmann
• 金额: $ 34.27万
• 依托单位: WICKED SHEETS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2024-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10601816
• 关键词: Activities of Daily Living; Acute; Address; Adult; Aging; Agitation; Alzheimer' s disease patient; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; Assisted Living Facilities; Beds; Behavior; Bladder Control; Blood Circulation; Businesses; COVID-19 pandemic; Caregivers; Caring; Cellular Phone; Collaborations; Collection; Communication; Computer software; Confusion; Data; Dementia; Dementia caregivers; Detection; Deterioration; Development; Devices; Distress; Dryness; Early Diagnosis; Engineering; Enrollment; Ensure; Environmental Impact; Event; Family member; Feedback; Financial Hardship; Goals; Health; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Health Personnel; Health care facility; Healthcare Systems; Heart Atrium; Home; Iatrogenesis; Incontinence; Individual; Infection; Intervention; Interview; Kentucky; Kidney; Laundering; Life; Long-Term Care; Marketing; Measures; Methods; Monitor; Neck; Neurologic; New York; Nursing Homes; Organ; Pain; Panic; Patient Care; Patients; Phase; Population; Predisposition; Prevention; Pus; Quality of Care; Quality of life; Reporting; Risk Factors; Sampling; Sensory; Signal Transduction; Site; Skin; Skin injury; Surveys; System; Testing; Time; Update; Urinary tract infection; Urine; Withdrawal; Woman; advanced dementia; aged; community living; comorbidity; dashboard; data exchange; decubitus ulcer; dementia care; design; healthcare community; high risk; improved; innovation; innovative technologies; memory care; mortality; new technology; patient home care; phase 1 study; predictive tools; preference; satisfaction; sensor; sensor technology; supply chain; tool; transmission process; usability; user-friendly; wireless communication; wireless network; wireless sensor; wireless transmission

Project Summary/Abstract: Due to decreased mobility, deterioration in activities of daily living, and neurological decline that contributes to loss of bladder control, incontinence is a leading comorbidity for those individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Further, individuals with incontinence are susceptible to the development of pressure ulcers (PUs), with nearly 40% of advanced dementia patients developing PUs. Rightly, there is heighten concern that increasing rates of dementia will lead to higher rates of PUs, resulting in increased suffering and mortality in the ADRD population. While the impact of PUs in the acute setting is well understood, there is a range of potential iatrogenic skin injuries regarded as an inevitable part of aging that remain underappreciated and under-investigated in ambulatory memory care units and assisted living (AL) facilities. Maintaining skin integrity in ADRD patients is an ever-present challenge for healthcare providers and caregivers, as well as a significant financial burden. Early detection of moisture events mitigates the complications associated with incontinence, improving the quality-of-care patients receive. While efforts have been made to address incontinence through product innovation, none have utilized a fully integrated systems approach that incorporates unobtrusive sensor technology, early detection, and has a positive environmental impact. Wicked Sheets, a Kentucky-based, woman-owned business, has developed the Wicked Smart Pad, a washable and reusable, sensorized bedding pad system. It alerts caregivers when a moisture event occurs via wireless communication, collecting vital information to support the care team. In Phase I, the PI and the collaborating site, Atria Park of Great Neck, New York, will determine the feasibility and usability of the sensorized bedding pad system, evaluate its acceptability by care staff and residents alike. Aims: 1: Evaluate the feasibility, usability, and durability of the Wicked Smart Pad for individuals with ADRD in an assisted living home. 2: Evaluate usage and acceptability of care staff interaction with the Wicked Smart pad. 3: Engineer power-efficient firmware that collects and transmits moisture event data through a HIPAA compliant wireless network, which integrates within the test site’s network on a user-friendly dashboard. At the end of Phase 1, Wicked Sheets will have implemented the Wicked Smart Pad to patients with ADRD in an assisted living community, received feedback on the bedding, hardware, and software from the end-users, and assessed the ability to collect moisture samples. Phase II efforts will include device and firmware enhancements. This novel technology serves as a prevention and intervention tool for care staff, ADRD family members, and the healthcare community at large to reduce the burdens of the workforce and financial strain, enhancing the quality of life and care of those individuals living with ADRD.

项目摘要/摘要： 由于活动能力下降、日常生活活动恶化以及神经功能衰退，导致 膀胱失控、失禁是阿尔茨海默病患者的主要合并症 此外，失禁的人也容易患上这种疾病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）。 压疮 (PU) 的发生，近 40% 的晚期痴呆患者会发生压疮 (PU)。 正确的是，人们高度关注痴呆症发病率的上升将导致 PU 发病率上升，从而导致 ADRD 人群的痛苦和死亡率增加，而 PU 在急性环境中的影响很大。 据了解，存在一系列潜在的医源性皮肤损伤，这些损伤被认为是衰老过程中不可避免的一部分， 在流动记忆护理病房和辅助生活 (AL) 领域仍然没有得到足够的重视和研究 保持 ADRD 患者皮肤的完整性对于医疗保健提供者和机构来说是一个始终存在的挑战。 及早发现潮湿事件可以减轻护理人员的负担。 与失禁相关的并发症，提高患者接受的护理质量。 通过产品创新来解决失禁问题，但没有一个使用完全集成的系统 该方法结合了不引人注目的传感器技术、早期检测，并且具有积极的环境效益 Wicked Sheets 是一家总部位于肯塔基州的女性企业，它开发了 Wicked Smart Pad，这是一款 可清洗、可重复使用的感应寝具系统可在发生潮湿事件时向护理人员发出警报。 无线通信，收集重要信息以支持第一阶段的 PI 和护理团队。 纽约州 Great Neck 的 Atria Park 合作地点将确定该项目的可行性和可用性 感应床垫系统，评估护理人员和居民的可接受性 目的： 1：评估。 Wicked Smart Pad 对于 ADRD 患者在辅助生活中的可行性、可用性和耐用性 2：评估护理人员与 Wicked Smart pad 交互的使用情况和可接受性 3：工程师。 节能固件，通过符合 HIPAA 标准的无线网络收集和传输湿度事件数据 网络，它在用户友好的仪表板上集成到测试站点的网络中，在第一阶段结束时， Wicked Sheets 将在辅助生活设施中为 ADRD 患者安装 Wicked Smart Pad 社区，收到了最终用户对床上用品、硬件和软件的反馈，并评估了 第二阶段的工作将包括设备和固件的增强。 技术可作为护理人员、ADRD 家庭成员和患者的预防和干预工具 整个医疗保健界减轻劳动力负担和财务压力，增强 ADRD 患者的生活质量和护理。