Field Evaluations of Tracking/Locating Technologies for Prevention of Missing Incidents
| Autor: | Jeffrey D. Craighead, Meredeth A. Rowe, Michael V. Kerrigan, William D. Kearns, Tatjana Bulat, Padmaja Ramaiah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Technology
Computer science Monitoring Ambulatory Wandering Behavior Tracking (particle physics) Field (computer science) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Dementia Computer vision 030214 geriatrics business.industry General Neuroscience Equipment Design medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Caregivers Geographic Information Systems Artificial intelligence Geriatrics and Gerontology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementiasr. 31:474-480 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2731 1533-3175 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1533317515619479 |
| Popis: | Background: Persons with dementia are at risk of a missing incident, which is defined as an instance in which a demented person’s whereabouts are unknown to the caregiver and the individual is not in an expected location. Since it is critical to determine the missing person’s location as quickly as possible, we evaluated whether commercially available tracking technologies can assist in a rapid recovery. Methods: This study examined 7 commercially available tracking devices: 3 radio frequency (RF) based and 4 global positioning system (GPS) based, employing realistic tracking scenarios. Outcome measures were time to discovery and degree of deviation from a straight intercept course. Results/Conclusion: Across all scenarios tested, GPS devices were found to be approximately twice as efficient as the RF devices in locating a “missing person.” While the RF devices showed reasonable performance at close proximity, the GPS devices were found to be more appropriate overall for tracking/locating missing persons over unknown and larger distances. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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