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Development of Evaluation Tool and Guidelines of Space Design for Applying the Concept of Universal Design (공간디자인을 위한 유니버설 디자인 평가도구 및 지침개발)

  • Oh, Chan-Ohk
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2015
  • As the population of the aged and the disabled increases, the needs for universal design is also growing. Universal design is to design for diverse users including all ages from children to the elderly, the disabled and non-disabled, the pregnant, the tourist, and etc. This study is intended to develop the design evaluation tool and guidelines of universal design for applying to space design. In order to achieve this, four basic spaces in human living such as residential space, educational space, working space, and cultural space were selected. Then, the elements of universal design were chosen for each space. The numbers of areas in each space were 12 for residential spae, 5 for educational space, 6 for working space, and 6 for cultural space. Also, 60 elements of universal design for residential space, 53 for educational space, 36 for working space, and 46 for cultural space were selected. The field observation with photos and user evaluation survey were carried out for each space by using these elements. Finally, the elements and guidelines of universal design applied for spatial design were suggested. This consisted of 8 areas and 67 elements. This would be useful for designing space for all people.

Universal Design Characteristics in Small Apartment Housing Focusing on the Physically Disabled (지체장애인의 관점에서 본 소규모 아파트 공간에서의 유니버설 디자인 특성)

  • 오찬옥
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.99-107
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the universal design characteristics in residential environments. The subjects were 135 physically disabled persons who lived in the rental multi-family housing apartments in Pusan. Interview method was used for this study. They were an average age of 51 years and 63% were male. They were low income families and lived in 12 pyung ($39.75\textrm{m}^2$) apartments. They were asked about what housing characteristics were constraints in their daily living. They pointed out that the constraints in their apartments were as follows: 1) the small amount of space in the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, and the entrance area of housing unit, 2) the unflat floor level between the bathroom and the hallway, or the balcony and the bedroom, 3) the slippery floor finish in the bathroom, 4) lack of grab bars or handrails in the bathroom and the ramp, 5) the kitchen work centers and the electric switches at improper height, and 6) the steep ramp. Therefore, the universal design characteristics in residential environments were the adequate amount of space, flat floor level, non-slippery floor finish, grab bars or handrails, accessible height, and ramp.

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A Study on Care Time of Mothers with Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities (학령 전 발달장애 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육시간과 관련 요인에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Sim-Young;Kim, Yoo-Kyung
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.75-91
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    • 2013
  • This study is focused on the amount of time spent on child care by mothers with preschool children with developmental disabilities. It is designed to find out how much time mothers spend taking care of their children and to identify related factors. The subjects of this study are 162 mothers of children with developmental disabilities residing in Seoul. The findings are as follows: First, mothers with preschool children with developmental disabilities spent 6 hours and 50 minutes per day caring for their children during weekdays and 6 hours and 10 minutes on weekend days. This is double the amount of time spent by the average mother with preschool children. Second, mothers spent much more time caring for their disabled children than they do for their children without disabilities. Third, determinants of a mother's time for caring their disabled child during weekdays were mother's employment, the number of children, and gender of the disabled child. On weekend days, determinants of mother's care time were the number of children and husband's help for childrearing.

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A Study on Deaf Students' Use of Internet Games (청각장애 학생의 인터넷 게임 이용 실태 연구)

  • Yi, Seung-Hoon;Kim, Jung-Soo
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2014
  • This research examined the actual state of deaf students' use of Internet games by administering an Internet game addiction scale test to 201 deaf students from elementary, middle or high schools. The research findings indicated that middle and high school students were more likely to be left at home after school without their protector's presence than elementary school students. The average daily sleep hours of deaf students were similar to or fewer than those of general students, and the amount of their Internet access time and the one spent on Internet games were greater than that of non disabled students. As for the Internet user types, more male deaf students were categorized into risk user type than female deaf students, and the number of deaf risk user type students was significantly higher than that of non disabled risk user type students. The results suggest that the on-going national research on the actual state of Internet game users should include disabled students and that there is an urgent need to develop prevention programs of computer games overindulgence.

Effectiveness of BIM-based Human Behavior Simulation on Architectural Design Education -Focused on Exploration and Evaluation of Barrier-Free and Fire Evacuation Performances- (BIM 기반의 인간행동 시뮬레이션이 건축설계교육에 미치는 효과에 관한 연구 -무장애와 안전 및 피난설계의 성능탐구와 평가를 중심으로-)

  • Hong, Seung-Wan;Park, Ji-Young
    • Journal of KIBIM
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2020
  • While the importance of barrier-free and fire evacuation design is highlighted in architectural design education, systemic analysis, and examination on such performances are still challenging due to methodological lacks. The present study investigates the effectiveness of BIM-based human behavior simulation for architecture major students' analytical examinations to promote barrier-free and fire evacuation performances. To achieve such an aim, quasi-experiments were conducted, which compare 50 students' analysis and examination scores according to the use and non-use of the simulation, and the data were collected via participants' survey and interview. As a result, T-Test and MANOVA analyses indicate that, compared with its non-use counterpart, the use of human behavior simulation better facilitates the students' (1) examination of the physical properties and dimensions for the disabled's accessibility and evacuation, (2) understanding of the bodily capacity and handicap of the disabled, (3) examination on the spatial layouts and locations of exits, (4) understanding on evacuees' urgent behaviors, and (5) responsibility as an architect. Based on previous studies, the reasons of statistical results are interpreted as the explicit observation and analytical measures of multiple numbers of virtual-evacuees and direct-experience from body range of the disabled responding to the populated occupants as what they face in authentic reality.

Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia during outpatient anesthesia: a case report

  • Kim, Keoungah;Kim, Seungoh
    • Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.363-367
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    • 2021
  • During the perioperative period, anesthesiologists frequently observe cardiac tachyarrhythmia. Ventricular tachycardia is very rare in non-cardiac surgeries. However, it can be fatal when it occurs. Therefore, anesthesiologists should be watchful so as to not to miss ventricular tachycardia and take the appropriate steps to manage it promptly. We present a case, with a review of related literature, in which a non-sustained ventricular tachycardia was observed in a patient who visited the hospital for dental treatment.

Socio-economic Characteristics of the Poor and Poverty Transition in Korea : Since the Recent Economic Crisis (빈곤층의 사회경제적 특성과 빈곤 이행 : 경제위기 이후의 시기를 중심으로)

  • Ku, In-Hoe
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.48
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    • pp.82-112
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    • 2002
  • This study investigates the causes of poverty in Korea since the 1997 Economic Crisis by analyzing the composition and characteristics of the poor by the types of families. While the poor largely consisted of disadvantaged groups, such as the aged, the disabled, or the female-headed families before the Crisis, families headed by working-aged and non-disabled adults have represented a larger portion of the entire poor since the Crisis. The higher overall poverty rate in 1998 mainly resulted from the rapid increase in the number of the unemployed and the high poverty rate of their families. In 1999, the larger number of the unemployed poor exited from poverty by getting a job in the labor market, contributing to the reduction in the overall poverty rate. The significant number of families headed by working adults were poor in 1998, and the size of these working poor was not reduced in 1999. The poverty among this group has been caused by lowered wage rates and deteriorating job security. The findings from this study suggest that anti-poverty policies in Korea be improved to provide better income and employment assistance to the non-working poor and, more importantly, be extended to effectively reduce poverty among the working low-income families.

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Acceptance of Disability and Related Factors of Hemiplegic Elderly and Non-Elderly (편마비 노인과 편마비 청장년의 장애수용과 관련요인)

  • Kim, Mi-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.547-558
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to study the acceptance of disability and influential factors between hemiplegic elderly and non-elderly after stroke. Methods: Data were collected with questionnaires from 104 elderly and 134 non-elderly with hemiplegia. Data were analyzed by $x^2$-test, t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. Results: Significant predictors of acceptance of disability were family support, activities of daily living, and age, and these factors accounted for 24.2% of variance in acceptance of disability in the hemiplegic elderly. On the other hand, the significant predictors were family support and employment, and these factors accounted for 32.3% of variance in acceptance of disability in the non-elderly. Family support was the most influential variable in both the elderly and the non-elderly. Conclusion: An acceptance of disability program for the hemiplegic elderly should be designed differently from that for the non-elderly.

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Website Design for Improving Web Accessibility of Disabled People (장애인의 웹 접근성 향상을 위한 웹사이트 설계)

  • Lee, Won-Kyung;Seo, Eun-Gyoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.193-219
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    • 2013
  • Public institutions or libraries urgently prepare comprehensive measures to improve web accessibility of their websites as booting web dependability and web utilization of disabled people. The purpose of this study is to propose the design guidelines for improving web accessibility of disabled people. The study, first, analyzed various web accessibility requirements based on web standards, web accessibility guidelines, and the related researches and proposed a web accessibility checklist with 42 requirement. Next, the study evaluated 15 websites of public institutions such as government departments, association of disabled people, and public libraries using the checklist. Finally, the study revealed non-adherence requirements and suggested website design guidelines in terms of contents configuration, sound, colour, keyboard handling, mouse handling, access, image processing, text processing, and code processing.

Correlates of the Participation of Leisure Activities, Leisure Satisfaction, and Quality of Life among Disabled People (장애인의 여가활동참여와 여가만족, 삶의 질과의 관계)

  • Nam, Hyun Joo;Lee, Hyun Ji
    • 재활복지
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.121-140
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of the this study was to investigate the association of the participation of leisure activities, leisure satisfaction and quality of life, and analyze the mediating effect of leisure satisfaction in the relationship between the participation of leisure activities and quality of life among people with disabilities. For the purpose, the data were collected by using non-random purposive and convenient sampling methods and 192 disabled people who reside in Daegu city and Kyungpook provinces filled out self-administered questionnaires for this study. Findings of the study indicated that there were statistically significant relationships among the participation of leisure activities, leisure satisfaction, and quality of life and active types of leisure activities such as physical activities, travel activities, and social participating activities were significantly related with leisure satisfaction and quality of life. In addition, the mediating effect of leisure satisfaction in the relationship between the participation of leisure activities and quality of life was statistically significant. Based on the findings of the study, possible practice implications for improving quality of life among disabled people and recommendation for further study were provided.