Ergonomic investigation of cancer patient's clothes | ||
| International Design Journal | ||
| Article 21, Volume 12, Issue 5 - Serial Number 48, September and October 2022, Pages 203-215 PDF (1.53 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/idj.2022.260594 | ||
| Author | ||
| Fatma Alsaid Mostafa Madian | ||
| Assistant Professor, Department of clothes and Textile - Faculty of Home Economics - Al-Azhar University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Industrial designers and producers must take care of design aesthetics as well as Argentine aspects and human factors, which affects the enhancement of usage efficiency, functionality and productivity, ease of use, comfort in human beings and its relationship with the product and working environment.Cancer is at the top of the list of life-threatening diseases, and recent studies have proven the spread of this disease in developing countries, predicted an increase in its incidence, and that it will become one of the biggest health problems in them. This has led the researcher to consider developing contemporary clothing for cancer patients that combines the argonomic side with the aesthetic side, where they can be used during radiotherapy. Research problem:The research problem is summarized in answering the following questions: -What conditions must be met by the patient's clothing during radiotherapy? - What is the possibility of designing suitable clothing for cancer patients and that combines fashion and the possibility of using it during the radiotherapy session? - What is the degree to which specialists accept the proposed research designs? - What is the possibility of implementing the best proposed designs that have the highest degree of acceptance by specialists? - What is the degree of acceptance of the implemented research designs by patients and medical staff in the field of radiotherapy?The research was conducted with the aim of highlighting the conditions to be met in clothing during radiotherapy of some types of cancer, in order to develop a clothing design for cancer patients that combines fashion with the possibility of using it during radiotherapy and combines modesty and comf, In addition to recognizing the degree of acceptance of the proposed designs by specialists and implementing the best proposed designs based on the opinions of specialists, and recognizing the degree of acceptance of patients and medical staff in the field of radiotherapy in the implemented designs.The research followed the descriptive, analytical, and applied approach, for its suitability for this research and for achieving its objectives. Summary of results: - Studying the target group (cancer patients) carefully, which makes the designer a prominent role in directing the usage behavior through the appearance of the product and the availability of ergonomic and usability aspects in the product. - Coming up with an updated vision for aesthetically and functionally contemporary clothes (ergonomics) for cancer patients in line with the requirements and elements of a radiotherapy session. - The research resulted in unconventional clothing designs that combine the aesthetic and ergonomic aspect of the target group, cancer patients (30 clothing designs) with a new vision- Implementation of five clothing products that combine the aesthetic and ergonomic aspect (one clothing product for each type of disease that was dealt with in the applied study). - The implemented designs achieved a high acceptance rate among the medical staff and patients in the field of radiotherapy. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Ergonomics; cancer patient's clothes | ||
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