A Concept for Daily Assessments During Nutrition Intake: Integrating Technology in the Nursing Process

Sandra Hellmers, Tobias Krahn, Martina Hasseler, Andreas Hein

2024

Abstract

The nursing process involves a cyclic sequence of functional and cognitive assessments and diagnosis, care planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Ideally, this process should be performed regularly and documented in a standardized nursing language. However, due to the high workload of nurses, this approach is not systematically followed. Therefore, we developed a concept that enables a daily, technology-supported assessment during the activity of nutrition intake. For this purpose, we used camera-based body tracking to derive the hand and relevant object trajectories to analyze the movements regarding assistance needs and functional changes over time. We tested the approach of using generative AI to create training data sets. Our feasibility study has shown that trajectories can be derived and analyzed regarding assistance requirements. Although the quality is not yet satisfactory, generative AI can be used to create training data. Considering the rapid pace of further developments in generative AI, the approach seems to be promising. In conclusion, we believe that the technical support and documentation of the nursing process have the potential to increase the quality of care while reducing the workload of nurses.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hellmers S., Krahn T., Hasseler M. and Hein A. (2024). A Concept for Daily Assessments During Nutrition Intake: Integrating Technology in the Nursing Process. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 613-619. DOI: 10.5220/0012428700003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf24,
author={Sandra Hellmers and Tobias Krahn and Martina Hasseler and Andreas Hein},
title={A Concept for Daily Assessments During Nutrition Intake: Integrating Technology in the Nursing Process},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2024},
pages={613-619},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012428700003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - A Concept for Daily Assessments During Nutrition Intake: Integrating Technology in the Nursing Process
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Hellmers S.
AU - Krahn T.
AU - Hasseler M.
AU - Hein A.
PY - 2024
SP - 613
EP - 619
DO - 10.5220/0012428700003657
PB - SciTePress