A METHOD AND A MEDICAL DEVICE FOR EVALUATING THE PREVALENCE OF DIFFERENT POSTURES OF A PATIENT AND A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BRINGING A COMPUTER TO PERFORMING THE METHOD

摘要

In a method, device and compute-readable medium for evaluating the prevalence of different postures of a patient, signals are sensed that indicate the posture of the patient during a monitoring period having a predetermined length, specific body postures of the patient are determined during this monitoring period from the sensed signals, the amount of time the patient spends in each of the specific postures is measured, information regarding each specific posture, and the associated amount of time spent in that posture, are stored, and the prevalence of the different postures of the patient is evaluated by classifying the stored information with respect to specific postures and the amount of time in each posture position.