Wrist‐worn voice recorders capture the circumstances and context of losses of balance among community‐dwelling older adults

Author:

Lee Youngjae1ORCID,Alexander Neil B.23,Pompeii Lisa4,Nyquist Linda V.5,Madigan Michael L.1

Affiliation:

1. Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA

2. Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA

3. Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health Care System Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center Ann Arbor Michigan USA

4. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio USA

5. Institute of Gerontology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundMost falls among community‐dwelling older adults are due to a loss of balance (LOB) after tripping or slipping. Unfortunately, limited insight is available on the detailed circumstances and context of these LOBs. Moreover, commonly used methods to collect this information is susceptible to limitations of memory recall. The goal of this pilot observational study was to explore the circumstances and context of self‐reported LOBs captured by wrist‐worn voice recorders among community‐dwelling older adults.MethodsIn this pilot observational cohort study, 30 community‐dwelling adults with a mean (SD) age of 71.8 (4.4) years were asked to wear a voice recorder on their wrist daily for 3 weeks. Following any naturally‐occurring LOB, participants were asked to record their verbal responses to six questions regarding the circumstances and context of each LOB abbreviated with the mnemonic 4WHO: When, Where, What, Why, How, and Outcome.ResultsParticipants wore the voice recorder 10.9 (0.6) hours per day for 20.7 (0.5) days. One hundred seventy‐five voice recordings were collected, with 122 meeting our definition of a LOB. Each participant reported 0–23 LOBs over the 3 weeks or 1.4 (2.1) per participant per week. Across all participants, LOBs were most commonly reported 3 p.m. or later (42%), inside the home (39%), while walking (33%), resulting from a trip (54%), and having induced a stepping response to regain balance (48%). No LOBs resulted in a fall.ConclusionsAmong community‐dwelling older adults, wrist‐worn voice recorders capture the circumstances and context of LOBs thereby facilitating the documentation of detail of LOBs and potentially falls, without reliance on later recall.

Funder

National Institute on Aging

Publisher

Wiley

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