Measuring Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit Using Wireless Accelerometers

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Anesthesia

Treatments: Device: Accelerometer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02529696

1502M62761

Details and patient eligibility

About

Maintenance of analgesia during a patient stay in the hospital has been an important area of investigation after demonstrating a direct correlation between level of sedation and mortality in the ICU setting. This study will investigate the use of accelerometers in determining patient sedation level.

Full description

The goal of the study is to use accelerometers to track patient movement while under sedation in the ICU. Analysis of patient movement may reveal objective means to measuring patient level of sedation. Average length of stay is estimated to be one week.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admitted to the neuro ICU at University of Minnesota

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to wear accelerometer device

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

Medical device, accelerometer

Description:

A wrist and chest accelerometer will be worn for the duration of stay in the ICU. Data will be generated from patient movement and recorded. Neither the generated data or the worn devices will influence care team's decisions during the patients' stay.

Treatment:

Device: Accelerometer