Satisfaction Survey for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patients Comparing Rooms With and Without Assistive Technology

Drexel University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Motor Neuron Disease; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Neurodegenerative Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00718107

Internal-15894

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is :

1. To assess the ALS patient's satisfaction related to a hospital stay on the neurology floor of Hahnemann Hospital.
2. To compare the reported satisfaction of those individuals who stayed in a standard hospital room with those who stayed in Room 1455. Room 1455 is a room specifically set up with assistive technology related to environmental controls for individuals with disabilities.
3. To look at frequency of use of the various pieces of adaptive equipment.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• In-patients with probable or definite ALS, ages 18 - 90, staying on the neurology floor of Hahnemann Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• In-patients who do not meet the criteria of the diagnosis of ALS.

Trial design

5 participants in 1 patient group

ALS

Description:

Subjects having either definite or probable ALS by El Escorial Criteria.