老年人家居产品调查与无障碍设计研究

Survey of houseware products and Study on barrier free designfor elderly people

文章从老年人家居产品设计角度出发,就家居产品如何与老年人生理、心理特征相适应的问题,进行了相关的研究调查:1.老年人文化程度、收入、居住环境等基础调查;2.卫生间盆浴和淋浴、坐便器、洗手盆设施调查;3.老年人上下楼无障碍设施需求调查;以及产品设计细节、使用方式、使用过程满意度等方面调查。运用SPSS进行规范的数理统计研究,对老年人在使用家居产品中存在的问题,特别是在产品使用功能、人体尺寸和老年人心理因素等方面提出修正意见。

The aim of this work is to search the idea for how to design the houseware products which is more fit to the requirement of elderly people in considering their physiological and psychological characteristics in China. The study was based on the surveyed results for elderly people. The survey was carried out in considering the physiological, psychological characteristics of the elderly people in China with the following aspects： 1. The surveyed people were divided into different groups based on the education, income level and living environment. 2. The investigated products are： bathing tub, shower, lavabo, bedpan in bath room. 3. The special investigation on requirements on balk free design for the stairway using in living environment was done on the aspects of detail design of the product, the method to use the product, the satisfaction of the product. The SPSStool has been utilized to analyze collected data. The problems in used products were pointed out and suggestions have been made for improving the product design in the consideration of the product function, people＇ s sizes and psychological characteristics.