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The Effectiveness of a Wireless Modular Bed Absence Sensor Device for Fall Prevention among Older Inpatients

Subermaniam K 1 , Welfred R 2 , Subramanian P 3 , Chinna K 4 , Ibrahim F 2 , Mohktar MS 2 Show all authors , Tan MP 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Anatomy and Physiology Unit, Allied Health Science College, Ministry of Health Malaysia , Sungai Buloh , Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering (CIME), Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Nursing Science of Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Social and Preventive Medicine of Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
  • 5 Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Front Public Health, 2016;4:292.
PMID: 28119908 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00292

Abstract

Falls and fall-related injuries are increasingly serious issues among elderly inpatients due to population aging. The bed-exit alarm has only previously been evaluated in a handful of studies with mixed results. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of a modular bed absence sensor device (M-BAS) in detecting bed exits among older inpatients in a middle income nation in East Asia.

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