Clinical trials

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based software in personalizing high-quality end-of-life care for elderly patients. As the elderly population grows, providing tailored and quality care during the final stages of life becomes increasingly important. This AI software continuously monitors vital signs and behaviors through wearable sensors, offers smart medication reminders, alerts the care team to potential risks, and provides personalized care plans along with psychological and social support. The study is designed as a randomized controlled trial comparing two groups: one receiving standard end-of-life care and the other using the AI software. Key outcomes include improving quality of life, reducing adverse events like falls and emergency hospitalizations, increasing patient and family satisfaction, improving medication management, and reducing caregiver burden. Data will be collected over six months to assess these effects. The results will help determine whether AI technology can enhance end-of-life care for seniors and support families and healthcare providers.

The study will be a multi-center, triple-blinded, cluster randomized controlled trial (c-RCT) conducted with a three-arm parallel design and a 1:1:1 allocation ratio. The experimental groups will consist of two arms: the intervention group, where patients will receive training in relevant pressure injury care bundles, and the placebo group, where patients will receive training in an irrelevant topic like respiratory care. Both intervention and placebo groups will receive specialized pressure injury prevention (PIP) care bundle from trained wound specialist nurses (WSNs). The third arm will be the control group comprising patients who do not undergo any training course and will receive only routine standard care for PIP care bundle. The aim of c-RCT will be to compare the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) in the three study groups and to provide detailed evidence on the effect of the developed pressure injury care bundle, administered by WSNs on the development of HAPI in trained hospitalized patients, as opposed to those receiving routine standard care for PIP care bundle without training.