@inbook{474ffa43bbce4148a539ee255e7dcd3f,
title = "Correlating Average Cumulative Movement and Barthel Index in Acute Elderly Care",
abstract = "Functional status is a major determinant of clinical outcomes. The Barthel Scale or Barthel Index (BI) is an ordinal scale used to measure performance in activities of daily living. A higher BI is associated with reduced length of stay in hospital and a greater likelihood of being able to live at home with a degree of independence following discharge from hospital. Currently on admission to hospital the BI is assessed subjectively by nursing staff. This work explores the possibility of using wearable wireless inertial measurement as a means of automating and detecting changes in BI. Preliminary findings for a study comprising of 16 patients suggest a correlation (0.7613) between average cumulative movement over 24 hours and variance in BI over the same period.",
keywords = "Activities of Daily Living, Barthel Index, Wireless Inertial Measurement",
author = "Michael Walsh and Brendan O'Flynn and Cian O'Mathuna and Anne Hickey and John Kellett",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-04406-4\_7",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319044057",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "54--63",
booktitle = "Evolving Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2013 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers",
address = "Germany",
note = "4th International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2013 ; Conference date: 03-12-2013 Through 05-12-2013",
}