• DocumentCode
    2337636
  • Title

    Bathroom product studies based on the Chinese elderly living

  • Author

    Zhang, Pin ; Qin, Shengfeng

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Art Design, NanKai Univ., Tianjin
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    25-27 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    575
  • Lastpage
    578
  • Abstract
    In the developed countries, the development of products for elderly people, such as daily used products and healing machines, has been done for many years and many products have been put in use. However, the research on those products is just being started in China. The study on the product design for elderly people is urgently required for the society. This paper presents our studies on the current bathroom products in elderly peoplepsilas living environment in Tianjin city, aiming to identify current bathroom product design problems related to the elderly people living environment. The 170 elderly people were randomly selected as our study subjects. They were divided into different groups based on gender and the level of income, the education and living environment. The SPSS tool has been utilised to analyse collected data and good interpretations and suggestions have been made for improving bathroom product design.
  • Keywords
    ergonomics; geriatrics; product design; product development; Chinese elderly people living environment; Tianjin city; bathroom product design; ergonomics; product development; Aging; Art; Cities and towns; Data analysis; Design engineering; Educational products; Government; Humans; Product design; Senior citizens; Bathroom product design; human-system interaction; inclusive design; the elderly;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Human System Interactions, 2008 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Krakow
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1542-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1543-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HSI.2008.4581504
  • Filename
    4581504