A model for the measurement of patient activity in a hospital suite.
At the time of hospitalization, it is essential to evaluate the general health status of a patient and to follow up the trends during therapy. Our work is focused on a set of tools for the measurement of patient activity. In this paper, we propose a few indicators of the patient activities of daily living, such as mobility, agitation, repartitions of stays, and displacements. As a result of this work, a diagnostic system was developed that could lead to a deeper knowledge of human activity rhythms in normal situations.
LeBellego
Gael
G
TIMC-IMAG Laboratory, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. Gael.Le-Bellego@imag.fr
Noury
Norbert
N
Virone
Gilles
G
Mousseau
Mireille
M
Demongeot
Jacques
J
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D009043:Motor Activity; D012984:Software; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*