Touch your patient: Tactile display of physiological monitoring:
Evaluation of the vibro-tactile belt in a clinical setting

 

The purpose of this study is:
- To assess the accuracy in decoding a tactile message from a vibro-tactile belt in the clinical environment.
- To determine the usability and wearability of a vibro-tactile belt in the clinical environment.

Who can participate in this study?

  • Anesthesiologists and senior resident anesthesiologists may participate in this study.

Who should not participate in this study?

  • Subjects that do not consent or who are unable to consent cannot participate in this study:

    • Presence of any of the following conditions:
      • Neurological disorders including stroke and epilepsy
      • Cardiovascular disorders:
          • Ischemic heart disease (heart disease caused by narrowed heart arteries)
          • Raynaud’s phenomenon (sudden and significant reduction of blood supply to fingers, toes, nose, ears and/or lips)
          • Resting blood pressure greater than 140/90
      • Mental disorders (including subjects on antidepressant medications)
      • Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial
      • Pregnancy
      • Previous back surgery with sensory loss on abdomen/back
      • Back pain within last 6 months
      • Sedative medication taken within last 24 hours
  • Inability/failure to obtain 75% or more in the post-training quiz on stimuli pattern identification in the Tactile Belt Training and Testing Phase.

Status?

  • Only recruiting staff anesthesiologists, residents and Fellows at BC Children's Hospital .

For more information, please see the Consent/Information form