The Acceptability of a Real-time Localization for Patients and Caregivers (RTLS)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disease

Treatments: Other: Individual interviews

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04774263

GA-2021-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Technological innovations are taking over our daily lives, particularly in the health sector. Real-time location systems for healthcare professionals and patients are developing in hospitals. Today few studies have focused on the acceptability of this new technology. The present research, which aims to study the acceptability of a real-time localization systems, reveals a definite utility and acceptability from the patient's point of view, subject to conditions. Indeed, the guarantee of data security and the concrete interest for the patient must be explained. For healthcare professionals working in emergency departments, the usefulness of new technologies in their work is now well established. Nevertheless, the acceptability of a real-time location systems received lukewarm reviews. It depends mainly on reticence linked to the fear of a possible deviation in the use of the data collected.

Full description

study the acceptability of a real-time localization of patients and caregivers

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• For general population : people have been hospitalized at least once
• For caregivers : works in emergency service

Exclusion criteria

• Person with a neurological disease
• Person under guardianship or curatorship

Trial design

19 participants in 2 patient groups

General population

Description:

general population

Treatment:

Other: Individual interviews

emergency caregivers

Description:

emergency caregivers

Treatment:

Other: Individual interviews