title: A model for the measurement of patient activity in a hospital suite.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: TIMC-IMAG Laboratory, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. Gael.Le-Bellego@imag.fr
authors.forename: Gael
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: LeBellego
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Noury
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Virone
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mousseau
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demongeot
mesh_terms: 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*