Table 7.
Search times before and after GPS device
| |
Before GPS |
With the GPS |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Typical time searching based on caregiver estimates from recall | Frequency searching | Typical time searching, based on caregiver estimates | Frequency of searching |
|
1 |
4 hrs |
1 event |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
1 hour |
2 or 3 times a week |
10-30 mins |
2 a month |
|
3 |
2 hrs 30 |
1 event |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
6 hours |
1-2 times a week |
30 - 45 mins |
1 or 2 a week |
|
5 |
|
|
- |
- |
|
6 |
3 hours + |
Walking at night |
1 hour |
1 a month |
| Unclear how often | ||||
|
7 |
20 mins |
1 or 2 occasions/month searching plus walks taking longer |
10-20 mins |
2 a month |
|
8 |
No searching but had been brought home a few times by others and described getting lost herself |
1 or 2 |
No searching- used to monitor |
|
|
9 |
No missing/searching but was found at 4am around the back of the bus station |
1 event |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
19 hours |
Occasional 1 major missing event |
45 minutes |
At follow up, 2 or 3 times a day |
|
11 |
20 minutes – and P has described being lost |
Occasional |
0 |
0 |
|
12 |
6hrs 30 |
2 main events |
0 |
0 |
| MEAN | 4 hrs 44 (2 hrs 56 excl. 19 hr) | 40 mins | ||