Reducing fall risk for home care workers with slip resistant winter footwear

Bagheri, Z. Shaghayegh; Beltrán-Silva, Jorge Arturo; Holyoke, Paul; Dutta, Tilak

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103230

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“…Of these, four studies conducted a control group comparison (Gerstel et al, 2013; Hartvigsen et al, 2005; Pohjonen & Ranta, 2001; Rosswurm et al, 2003), while nine studies examined the effectiveness of the intervention using a single-group pre-post design (Andersen et al, 2015; Coogle et al, 2007; Czuba et al, 2012; Fallahpour et al, 2020; Jellema et al, 2002; Leff et al, 2000; Olson et al, 2015, 2018; Petterson et al, 2006). Three studies conducted randomized controlled trials (Bagheri et al, 2021; Horneij et al, 2001; Roelofs et al, 2007); in two studies, a cluster randomization was executed (Fujita et al, 2019; Fukui et al, 2019; Olson et al, 2016). The results from the quality assessment are presented in the Supplementary Material 2 (for quasi-experimental studies in Table S2_1; for RCTs in Table S2_2).…”

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How to Address the Health of Home Care Workers: A Systematic Review of the Last Two Decades

Gebhard

Herz

2022

J Appl Gerontol

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Making home care a healthy workplace is a societal concern but research on specific interventions is still scarce. The aim of this systematic review was to provide an initial overview of interventions addressing home care workers’ health. All (quasi-) experimental studies, presenting any intervention among home care employees, and reporting any outcome related to occupational health, safety, or well-being were included. PsycArticles, Medline, PubMed, and Web of Science were searched from January 2000 to February 2022. From 16,345 publications, 18 studies with 2432 participants were included and assessed with the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools. Organizational and training/educational approaches were found in five studies each, a behavioral approach in one, and seven studies presented a combined approach. Due to methodological limitations and the heterogeneity of interventions, the existing studies are insufficient to inform new programs, but emphasize the need for tailored approaches, integrated concepts, and participatory intervention development.

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How to Address the Health of Home Care Workers: A Systematic Review of the Last Two Decades

Gebhard

Herz

2022

J Appl Gerontol

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“…Çoşkun et al, (2019) have determined that it is safer to use on aged surfaces in areas where one can walk barefoot in a wet environment. Footwear with better slip resistance can dramatically reduce the risk of fall-related injuries in the winter (Bagheri et al, 2021).…”

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Determination of The Static Friction Coefficient of Some Materials Used for Anti-slip Safety with ANOVA

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Ergül

2023

IJERAD

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The surface conditions of ground surface coatings, which are widely used in working environments exposed to various pollutants, were evaluated from a safety perspective. In this work, static and dynamic friction coefficients and safe angle of inclination between some floor coverings exposed to different pollutants for various reasons and some shoe sole materials that are widely used in working environments were determined. The interaction between soil, floor, and surface contaminations were evaluated statistically. In particular, the ground surface contaminated with contaminants such as water and surface cleaners, which significantly reduce the security of the floor is studied. ANOVA results showed that the floor covering, shoe sole samples, and floor contaminants were significant for each variable of the friction coefficient (μ) (p

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“…Slip-resistant footwear can prevent falls on icy surfaces [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. However, assessing the slip resistance on icy surfaces remains challenging.…”

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“…In fact, our findings have shown that slip resistance varies widely among commercially available winter footwear and that a new generation of slip resistant winter footwear that incorporates composite materials performs much better than most other footwear available on the market [ 20 , 21 ]. These advance materials have also been shown to perform better than conventional footwear in real-world conditions [ 13 ]. A field study with 110 home healthcare workers found that the group wearing footwear that performed well on the MAA test reported nearly 80% fewer falls compared to a matched group wearing their own footwear [ 13 ].…”

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“…These advance materials have also been shown to perform better than conventional footwear in real-world conditions [ 13 ]. A field study with 110 home healthcare workers found that the group wearing footwear that performed well on the MAA test reported nearly 80% fewer falls compared to a matched group wearing their own footwear [ 13 ]. The MAA test has also been used to evaluate how quickly these advanced composite materials lose their slip resistance performance, highlighting a potential limitation of this technology [ 22 ].…”

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Development and Evaluation of a Slip Detection Algorithm for Walking on Level and Inclined Ice Surfaces

Cen

Dutta

2022

Sensors

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Slip-resistant footwear can prevent fall-related injuries on icy surfaces. Winter footwear slip resistance can be measured by the Maximum Achievable Angle (MAA) test, which measures the steepest ice-covered incline that participants can walk up and down without experiencing a slip. However, the MAA test requires the use of a human observer to detect slips, which increases the variability of the test. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate an automated slip detection algorithm for walking on level and inclined ice surfaces to be used with the MAA test to replace the need for human observers. Kinematic data were collected from nine healthy young adults walking up and down on ice surfaces in a range from 0° to 12° using an optical motion capture system. Our algorithm segmented these data into steps and extracted features as inputs to two linear support vector machine classifiers. The two classifiers were trained, optimized, and validated to classify toe slips and heel slips, respectively. A total of approximately 11,000 steps from 9 healthy participants were collected, which included approximately 4700 slips. Our algorithm was able to detect slips with an overall F1 score of 90.1%. In addition, the algorithm was able to accurately classify backward toe slips, forward toe slips, backward heel slips, and forward heel slips with F1 scores of 97.3%, 54.5%, 80.9%, and 86.5%, respectively.

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Reducing fall risk for home care workers with slip resistant winter footwear

Cited by 14 publications

References 32 publications

How to Address the Health of Home Care Workers: A Systematic Review of the Last Two Decades

How to Address the Health of Home Care Workers: A Systematic Review of the Last Two Decades

Determination of The Static Friction Coefficient of Some Materials Used for Anti-slip Safety with ANOVA

Development and Evaluation of a Slip Detection Algorithm for Walking on Level and Inclined Ice Surfaces

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