Testing wearable watches to monitor vital signs in hospitalized patients in Ghana
Tests wearable watches to track vital signs in hospitalized patients aged 3 to 18.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Hospital Based Continuous Patient Monitoring System
Key facts
- Where
- Accra, GhanaSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 3 and 18 years old?
Source: NCT06739447, who can take part
Where in Ghana
- Korle Bu Teaching HospitalAccra, GhanaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Trial code
- NCT06739447
- Record updated
- 27 October 2026
- Original description
In Ghana, and many other low and middle income countries in Africa, manual vital signs monitoring is the prevalent mode of vital signs monitoring because continuous bedside monitors are non-functional. This lack of continuous vital signs monitoring may result in missed opportunities to catch physiologic deterioration.Read full original descriptionShow less
Implementing a Hospital-based Continuous Patient Monitoring System Using Consumer Wearable Devices in Ghana
In Ghana, and many other low and middle income countries in Africa, manual vital signs monitoring is the prevalent mode of vital signs monitoring because continuous bedside monitors are non-functional. This lack of continuous vital signs monitoring may result in missed opportunities to catch physiologic deterioration.
The investigators propose to develop a dashboard that is based on the Garmin Venu 3, a consumer wearable device that reliably measures heart rate, SPO2, and respiratory rate, as an alternative to bedside monitors in hospitals in Ghana.
Inclusion: Pediatric patients presenting with traumatic injury; Pediatric patients postoperative status after an appendectomy.
Exclusion: Pediatric patients who cannot wear a Fitbit on their wrist for known allergies to rubber or those with traumatic or medical conditions that prevent them from being able to comfortably wear a Fitbit on either hand; Pediatric patients missing their upper limbs,.