Developing a Prototype System for Facilitating and Caring for Bedridden Patients with Smart Internet of Things

Abstract

The objectives of this research are: 1) to analyze, design and develop a prototype system for facilitating and caring for bedridden patients with smart internet of things, and 2) to determine the effectiveness of the development of a prototype system for facilitating and caring for bedridden patients with smart internet of things. The research tools consisted of experimental tool and data collecting tool. Experimental tool is a prototype system for facilitating and caring for bedridden patients with smart internet of things developed with C/C++, Java Script, HTML, and CSS. Data collecting tool is system efficiency evaluation form. Research methodology can be classified into 5 steps: 1) problem and requirement analysis, 2) system design, 3) system development, 4) system testing, and 5) system evaluation by three purposively selected experts. The findings from this research are: 1) the internet of things smart home care facility and initial care system was highly usable, which can control the operation of turning the electrical equipment in the room on and off and when the user can ask for help from the bedridden caregiver by pressing the emergency button. The system will send a notification message through the LINE application. to provide caregivers or nurses to help in a timely manner, and 2) the efficiency of the proposed system evaluated by three experts is in highest level (X =4.54, S.D.=0.56).