| Will a "Stick-on" Hip Protector Improve Patient Compliance in Wearing Protectors in the Hospital EnvironmentOral presentation at the Harnessing Technology for Aging-in-Place, 24th annual John K. Friesen Conference in the Panel 3 discussion on Technologies for Managing Your Home and Making It/You Safer. 5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-05-15 | |
| Will Stick-on Hip Protectors Improve Patient Compliance?Oral presentation at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 2015 Conference, From Possibility to Practice in Aging: Shaping a Future for All, in the seminar series on Falls, Frailty and Functional Ability.5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-10-24 | |
| Soliciting Stakeholder Opinions Through a Feedback Fair on the Design of a New Hip ProtectorInvited speaker for the Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Symposium at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 2015 Conference, From Possibility to Practice in Aging: Shaping a Future for All5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2015-10-25 | |
| The Development and Testing of an Adhesive Hip ProtectorPresenter: Emily O'Hearn5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-04-17 | |
| Development of an Adhesive Hip ProtectorPresenter: Emily O'Hearn5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2014-04-04 | |
| Development and Testing of an Adhesive Hip Protector in an Acute Care EnvironmentPresenter: Emily O'Hearn5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-10-30 | |
| Graduate Student Research Award5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2013-09-03 | |
| Development of a Stick-on Hip Protector for Older Adults in the Acute Care EnvironmentOver 90% of hip fractures in older adults are due to falls. Wearable hip protectors have been shown in clinical trials to reduce the risk for hip fracture by up to 80% when worn, but user compliance with conventional garment-based hip protectors averages less than 50%. Improvements in product design may lead to enhanced compliance. This thesis describes the development and preliminary evaluation of usability in the acute care environment of a “stick-on” hip protector (secured over the hip with a skin-friendly adhesive).
Through biomechanical testing, I developed a prototype that attenuates impact force by over 30% (higher than protectors currently used in Fraser Health). In a feasibility pilot trial, five of six patients wore the device for seven days. Additional input from 43 acute care providers during a Feedback Fair resulted in a 20 mm thick donut-shaped prototype of surface area 19x15.5 cm, that provided 36% force attenuation.
5.2 PRED-FALL Simon Fraser University | HQP Training | 2016-02-16 | |
| Development of a stick-on hip protector: a multiple methods study to improve hip protector design for older adults in the acute care environment5.2 PRED-FALL, AWCRP-2020-04 Simon Fraser University, University of Manitoba, Fraser Health | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-12-05 | |
| Hip Protector SymposiumGroup symposium discussing the importance of hip protectors, barriers and facilitators to hip protector acceptance and continued adherence and introducing a novel adhesive hip protector designed for the acute care environment 5.2 PRED-FALL Fraser Health, University of Manitoba, Simon Fraser University | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2014-05-28 | |
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