Exploring patterns of personal alarm system use and impacts on outcomes.
aging
emergencies
falls
personal emergency response systems
Journal
Australasian journal on ageing
ISSN: 1741-6612
Titre abrégé: Australas J Ageing
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9808874
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
revised:
21
01
2021
received:
18
08
2020
accepted:
23
01
2021
pubmed:
30
3
2021
medline:
21
9
2021
entrez:
29
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To describe the patterns of personal emergency response systems (PERS) use in a statewide cohort of older Australians. 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. 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. We demonstrated recurring patterns associated with the reasons for alarm use.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
252-260Subventions
Organisme : NHMRC
ID : VS 1137837
Organisme : NHMRC
ID : MC 1135761
Organisme : NHMRC
ID : CM 1109482
Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
© 2021 AJA Inc.
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