Stroke represents a severe,widespread,and widely acknowledged health crisis on both national and international levels.It is one of the most prevalent life-threatening conditions.Despite impressive advances in treating...Stroke represents a severe,widespread,and widely acknowledged health crisis on both national and international levels.It is one of the most prevalent life-threatening conditions.Despite impressive advances in treating stroke,in addition to a need for effective patient care services,many sufferers still rely solely on physical interventions.The present paper describes and explains the use of a newly designed gadget for stroke survivors who cannot move their fingers.This is a sophisticated mobile device that enables stroke patients to regain their muscle memory and thus their ability to perform repetitive actions by continuing to tighten and stretch their muscles without the intervention of a physiotherapist.Gamification methodology is used to encourage patients to become involved in the process of rehabilitation.The device also has sensors that take information and transmit it to an app through an ESP32 connection.This enables physicians to view glove usage information remotely and keep track of an individual patient’s health.Communication between app and glove is facilitated by a broker in the Amazon Web Service IoT.With the robotic glove presented here,the recovery rate is found to be 90.23%over four weeks’duration,which represents a significant improvement compared with existing hospital-based rehabilitation techniques.展开更多
BACKGROUND During the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic,the fever clinic is an important link for screening and diagnosing whether a patient is infected with the novel coronavirus.Blood collection from child...BACKGROUND During the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic,the fever clinic is an important link for screening and diagnosing whether a patient is infected with the novel coronavirus.Blood collection from children’s fingertips is a commonly used detection method;however,in children,the blood collection process may cause discomfort and resistance.To address this problem,the use of heating gloves combined with hand swinging can be considered for fingertip blood collection in children.AIM To explore the application of fever gloves with the handshaking method for fingertip blood collection from children in fever clinics during the COVID-19 epidemic.METHODS A total of 100 children were selected for fingertip blood collection at the fever clinic of our hospital from June 2022 to June 2023 and were divided into two groups using a randomized numerical table method,with 50 cases in each group,including the control and observation groups.The patients in the control group followed the doctor's instructions to cooperate with the routine fingertip blood collection method,and the patients in the observation group followed the doctor's instructions to cooperate with the static fever gloves with the shaking hands method of children's fingertip blood collection.The level of the six blood routine and collection indexes,and the satisfaction of the examination of the patients in the peripheral blood group and the fever gloves with the shaking hands method of the children's fingertip blood collection group were compared.RESULTS The red and white blood cell count,hemoglobin,and red blood cell pressure volume in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(P<0.05);the platelet count in the control group was lower than that in the observation group(P<0.05);the number of times of squeezing the fingertip,the average time of blood collection,and the score of puncture pain in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group(P<0.05);and satisfaction with the routine blood examination in the observation group was greater than that in the control group.CONCLUSION The application value of the fever gloves with shaking hands method for children's fingertip blood collection was better,the accuracy of examination indexes was higher,and patient satisfaction with the examination was greater.展开更多
文摘Stroke represents a severe,widespread,and widely acknowledged health crisis on both national and international levels.It is one of the most prevalent life-threatening conditions.Despite impressive advances in treating stroke,in addition to a need for effective patient care services,many sufferers still rely solely on physical interventions.The present paper describes and explains the use of a newly designed gadget for stroke survivors who cannot move their fingers.This is a sophisticated mobile device that enables stroke patients to regain their muscle memory and thus their ability to perform repetitive actions by continuing to tighten and stretch their muscles without the intervention of a physiotherapist.Gamification methodology is used to encourage patients to become involved in the process of rehabilitation.The device also has sensors that take information and transmit it to an app through an ESP32 connection.This enables physicians to view glove usage information remotely and keep track of an individual patient’s health.Communication between app and glove is facilitated by a broker in the Amazon Web Service IoT.With the robotic glove presented here,the recovery rate is found to be 90.23%over four weeks’duration,which represents a significant improvement compared with existing hospital-based rehabilitation techniques.
基金Health Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Application for Self Funded Research Projects,No.Z20210159.
文摘BACKGROUND During the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic,the fever clinic is an important link for screening and diagnosing whether a patient is infected with the novel coronavirus.Blood collection from children’s fingertips is a commonly used detection method;however,in children,the blood collection process may cause discomfort and resistance.To address this problem,the use of heating gloves combined with hand swinging can be considered for fingertip blood collection in children.AIM To explore the application of fever gloves with the handshaking method for fingertip blood collection from children in fever clinics during the COVID-19 epidemic.METHODS A total of 100 children were selected for fingertip blood collection at the fever clinic of our hospital from June 2022 to June 2023 and were divided into two groups using a randomized numerical table method,with 50 cases in each group,including the control and observation groups.The patients in the control group followed the doctor's instructions to cooperate with the routine fingertip blood collection method,and the patients in the observation group followed the doctor's instructions to cooperate with the static fever gloves with the shaking hands method of children's fingertip blood collection.The level of the six blood routine and collection indexes,and the satisfaction of the examination of the patients in the peripheral blood group and the fever gloves with the shaking hands method of the children's fingertip blood collection group were compared.RESULTS The red and white blood cell count,hemoglobin,and red blood cell pressure volume in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(P<0.05);the platelet count in the control group was lower than that in the observation group(P<0.05);the number of times of squeezing the fingertip,the average time of blood collection,and the score of puncture pain in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group(P<0.05);and satisfaction with the routine blood examination in the observation group was greater than that in the control group.CONCLUSION The application value of the fever gloves with shaking hands method for children's fingertip blood collection was better,the accuracy of examination indexes was higher,and patient satisfaction with the examination was greater.