• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2010

In this study, user survey and some experiments were carried out to identify older adults' characteristics and needs for shower chair design. Firstly, the category and design components of shower chair were analyzed through product analysis. Secondly, older adults' needs for shower chair were identified through user interview and observation. Thirdly, experiment to measure older adults' motion, EMG, and body pressure while using shower chair was carried out and then older adults' characteristics for the use of shower chair were identified. Finally, the direction of design for shower chair was proposed to improve older adults' satisfaction.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that make the bathroom experience an inconvenient one for stroke patients, including the use of basic materials to provide an effective and individualized bathroom environment. Method: The survey was conducted from May 20 to June 20, 2014 on 81 stroke patients. The questionnaire is composed of the following: general factors of respondents, degree of inconvenience of general bathroom usage, and inconvenient factors. The questions on inconvenient factors of bathroom usage are comprised of 20 questions in a 5-point Likert scale. Result: The degree of inconvenience of bathroom usage results showed that the group of patients using wheelchairs experience more inconvenience than the group of patients without wheelchairs. The inconvenient factors between two groups are shown to have significant differences in the door sill, the location of the mirror, the chair for showering, transferring to the bathtub, slippery floor, the location of cabinets, door width, shower space, the location of shower booth, and the safety handle on the wall and toilet (p<.05). Conclusion: The result of this research shows that the inconvenient factors in the bathroom experience stroke patients vary depending on the use of wheelchair. The result may be utilized as therapeutic basic materials provide an effective bathroom environment to stoke patients in future.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2014

Recently, Korean people are more interested in leisure time as the Korean economy has enjoyed the economic growth on a continual basis. Along with it, the disabled people's demand for enjoying the beach is growing. To meet the disabled people's demand for enjoy the beaches, it is important to prepare the convenient facilities where the disabled people in the wheel chair can use comfortably, including the handicapped parking area, toilet for the disabled, shower stall room and am bathhouse. On the backdrop of this, the study has been made on the obstacles which keep the disabled people from using the convenient facilities installed on 12 beaches in the southern coat of Korea from the perspective of barrier free design. This study showed that half of the beaches in question did not have the handicapped parking places. The parking space was also so narrow that it was difficult for handicapped people to access the parking lot with their vehicles. There were also 3 beaches which did not have the toilet for the disabled. Even the beaches which have the toilet for the disabled, the size of entrance door and floor space was so narrow and there were a lot of physical obstacles such as no handles for the disabled people that it was really hard for the disabled people in wheelchair to use them.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2014

목적 : 뇌졸중 환자가 요구하는 주거공간의 욕실 환경 특성을 알아보고 욕실 환경을 개선할 때 필요한 욕실 디자인 특성 선호도를 알아보았다. 연구방법 : 본 연구는 2014년 2월 24일부터 3월 13일까지 부산지역의 병원에서 재활치료를 받고 있는 뇌졸중 환자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며 총 97부를 분석하였다. 결과 : 욕실 환경에 대한 개선 요구 조사 결과 미끄러움 방지 타일 설치($3.63{\pm}1.29$)와 욕조의 안전바 설치($3.46{\pm}1.39$)가 높게 나타났고 남자에 비해 여자의 요구도가 전반적으로 높았다. 욕실디자인 특성 선호도 조사에서 뇌졸중 환자들은 미닫이문, 미닫이형 손잡이, 편의시설형 샤워부스, 미끄러움 방지 타일, 붙박이 수납장, L자형 안전바, 자연환기(창문), 바닥 난방, 들어가기 쉬운 욕조, 안전바가 설치된 욕조, 기울어지거나 물 온도가 표시되는 세면대, 안전바형 변기, 목욕 의자를 가장 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론 : 뇌졸중 환자의 욕실 환경에 대한 개선요구와 욕실디자인 특성선호도를 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 향후 뇌졸중 환자들이 요구하는 욕실디자인을 제안하는데 기초자료를 제공할 것으로 기대된다.