Exploring patterns of personal alarm system use and impacts on outcomes.

Autor: Andrew NE; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Professorial Academic Unit, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Wang Y; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA., Teo K; Professorial Academic Unit, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of General Medicine, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Callisaya ML; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Professorial Academic Unit, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Moran C; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Caulfield Hospital, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Snowdon DA; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Professorial Academic Unit, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Ellmers S; Department of Health and Human Services, State Government of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Beare R; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Richardson D; MePACS, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Srikanth V; Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Professorial Academic Unit, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Australasian journal on ageing [Australas J Ageing] 2021 Sep; Vol. 40 (3), pp. 252-260. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 28.
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12941
Abstrakt: Objectives: To describe the patterns of personal emergency response systems (PERS) use in a statewide cohort of older Australians.
Methods: PERS data from clients enrolled in the Personal Alarm Victoria program between January 2014 and June 2017 were analysed. Alarm activation reasons were extracted, and a medical record audit was performed for a sub-cohort of patients admitted to a local hospital following an alarm event. Descriptive statistics were used.
Results: There were 42,180 clients enrolled during the study (mean age 80 years, 80% female, 93% living alone). An ambulance attended 44% of the fall-related events and 81% of events coded as unwell. Activation reasons were distributed equally between a fall and feeling unwell, and a repeating pattern of activation reasons was observed. In our sub-cohort (n = 92), the majority of admissions (86%) followed an alarm activation coded as unwell.
Conclusion: We demonstrated recurring patterns associated with the reasons for alarm use.
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