Abstract

Maternity hospital gowns are usually made according to a one-size-fits-all standard with full back openings which are physically and emotionally uncomfortable, not functional, and revealing. The purpose of this research was to understand the design requirements of patients and practitioners in order to develop a functional and sustainable maternity hospital gown design. The researchers applied user-centered design (UCD) methods to develop a new design based on data from market research and focus group interviews. The researchers created a two-piece stretchy gown with an adjustable waist and a washable nursing breast pad insert system which contributed to the gowns overall fit, mobility, closure access, modesty, and tactile comfort.

Highlights

  • Research is needed in order to reform the traditional hospital maternity gown for its fragile materials, revealing and ineffective designs, and uncomfortable fit that has been used and unchanged over the past few decades

  • The researchers applied a user-centered design (UCD) framework (Morris, Park, & Sarkar, 2015) to propose a prototype based on data from market research and focus group interviews

  • The first three stages of the UCD framework were followed in order to understand the design requirements of patients and practitioners for maternity hospital gowns: (1) specify the context of use by identifying the people who will use the product and what they will use it for, (2) determine business requirements or user goals for the product to be successful and (3) create design solutions drawing on the experiences and knowledge of users (Morris et al, 2015)

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Introduction

Research is needed in order to reform the traditional hospital maternity gown for its fragile materials, revealing and ineffective designs, and uncomfortable fit that has been used and unchanged over the past few decades. The purpose of this research was to understand the design requirements of both patients and practitioners for a functional and sustainable maternity hospital gown design. The researchers applied a user-centered design (UCD) framework (Morris, Park, & Sarkar, 2015) to propose a prototype based on data from market research and focus group interviews.

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