What we do
About our project
Relevance
Patients are most of the time inactive during their stay in the hospital and/or rehabilitation facility, as also in their own home setting, which has a negative effect on their health. Healthcare professionals play a crucial role in preventing these negative health effects by mobilizing patients and promoting physical activity. However, the current method to monitor patient’s movement behaviour is far from optimal as this relies on the subjective registration of patient and/or nurse. Wearable sensors such as the Activ8 activity monitor, providing objective information on patients’ movement behaviour, can be used to support physical therapists, nurses, and patients, to improve patient’s activity level. Additional information on physical symptoms related and relevant to the patient’s mobility and physical activity can be obtained from digital health and/or rehabilitation platforms such as Telefysio. The problem is that healthcare professionals and patients currently have to use different non-integrated systems leading to fragmented and scattered information with no clear overview of the individual patient’s current physical behaviour status. Therefore, a prototype telemonitoring system has been developed by Telerevalidatie.nl, Roessingh Rehabilitation, Rijndam and Erasmus MC for patients with different diagnosis and different age (adult and minors) which connects the Activ8 monitor with Telefysio and provides feedback by digital dashboards displaying integrated patient information and patient outcomes
and outpatient clinical setting based on user perspectives. on physical behaviour and physical symptoms.
Patients are most of the time inactive during their stay in the hospital and/or rehabilitation facility, as also in their own home setting, which has a negative effect on their health. Healthcare professionals play a crucial role in preventing these negative health effects by mobilizing patients and promoting physical activity. However, the current method to monitor patient’s movement behaviour is far from optimal as this relies on the subjective registration of patient and/or nurse. Wearable sensors such as the Activ8 activity monitor, providing objective information on patients’ movement behaviour, can be used to support physical therapists, nurses, and patients, to improve patient’s activity level. Additional information on physical symptoms related and relevant to the patient’s mobility and physical activity can be obtained from digital health and/or rehabilitation platforms such as Telefysio. The problem is that healthcare professionals and patients currently have to use different non-integrated systems leading to fragmented and scattered information with no clear overview of the individual patient’s current physical behaviour status. Therefore, a prototype telemonitoring system has been developed by Telerevalidatie.nl, Roessingh Rehabilitation, Rijndam and Erasmus MC for patients with different diagnosis and different age (adult and minors) which connects the Activ8 monitor with Telefysio and provides feedback by digital dashboards displaying integrated patient information and patient outcomes
and outpatient clinical setting based on user perspectives. on physical behaviour and physical symptoms.
Aim
The aim of this study is to evaluate the usability of a telemonitoring system to assess patients’ physical behaviour and physical symptoms in an inpatient
The aim of this study is to evaluate the usability of a telemonitoring system to assess patients’ physical behaviour and physical symptoms in an inpatient
Collaborations
M. (Marc) Evers, Dept. of Innovation (Research and development), Rijndam
I. (Ina) Flierman, Dept. of Innovation – Policy and Quality, Roessingh, center for rehabilitation
Dr. A.I.R. (Anke) Kottink, Roessingh Research and Development
I. (Ina) Flierman, Dept. of Innovation – Policy and Quality, Roessingh, center for rehabilitation
Dr. A.I.R. (Anke) Kottink, Roessingh Research and Development
Our team
Dr. J.B.J. (Hans) Bussmann, Rehabilitation Medicine
S. (Samantha Orozco Carvallo), PhD-candidate, Rehabilitation Medicine
S. (Samantha Orozco Carvallo), PhD-candidate, Rehabilitation Medicine
Team member
A.M. (Arlette) Rusman-Vergunst
D. (David) Voogt
