Exploring patterns of personal alarm system use and impacts on outcomes
| Autor: | Sonya Ellmers, Michele L. Callisaya, Chris Moran, Velandai Srikanth, David A. Snowdon, Ken Teo, Richard Beare, Dean Richardson, Yun Wang, Nadine E. Andrew |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Ambulances Audit Cohort Studies ALARM System use Medicine Humans media_common Event (probability theory) Community and Home Care Aged 80 and over Descriptive statistics business.industry Medical record Australia General Medicine medicine.disease Hospitalization Feeling Cohort Accidental Falls Female Medical emergency Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Australasian journal on ageingREFERENCES. 40(3) |
| ISSN: | 1741-6612 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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