우리나라 노인들을 대상으로 한 일상생활에서의 인간공학적 불편성 조사 연구

Abstract

This paper reports the results on age and gender of Korean elderly people for the level of difficulty in performing household tasksCmeal preparation. grocery shopping. house cleaning, laundry). personal tasksCdressing, bathing. grooming). transfer tasksCgetting in and out of chairs. getting in and out of bath-tub, using stairs) and management tasksCusing telephone. accessing mail. operating door locks). A questionnaire based on the Activities of Daily LivingCADU scale was constructed and administered to 40 Korean elderly subjects aged from 65 to 84Cmean age: 74.5. SO: 5.8) in Susan. Additionally, a logistic regression was performed with ageCcontinuous variable) and gender as predictor variables, and reponses to individual questions as the categorical ordinalresponse variables. To determine appropriate age separation at which difficulty levels in performing activities of daily living change. a discriminant analysis was performed on the responses. All predictor variables were used in the analysis. Accommodating age related changes in functional abilities. and increasing functional independence of elderly people will entail significant design modifications to products. systems and environments for daily use and living.<br/>