Development and Evaluation of Bath Chair Considering the Convenience and Safety of Stroke Patients (뇌졸중 환자의 편의성과 안전성을 고려한 목욕의자 개발 및 평가)

Son, Young-Hyo (손영효); Ji-Young Baek (백지영); Chung Hyunae (정현애); Hee-Dong Kim (김희동); Jemo Park (박제모); Hwang, Do-Yeon (황도연); Lee, Ji-Hun (이지훈); Song， Jong-Un (송종운); Hwa Shik Jung (정화식)

doi:10.14519/kjot.2019.27.4.11

Development and Evaluation of Bath Chair Considering the Convenience and Safety of Stroke Patients

Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
2019, 27(4), pp.141-153
DOI : 10.14519/kjot.2019.27.4.11
Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics
Received : November 1, 2019
Accepted : November 19, 2019
Published : December 30, 2019

Son, Young-Hyo ¹, Ji-Young Baek ², Chung Hyunae ², Hee-Dong Kim ², Jemo Park ³, Hwang, Do-Yeon ⁴, Lee, Ji-Hun ¹, Song， Jong-Un ⁵, Hwa Shik Jung ²

¹동신대학교 대학원
²동신대학교 작업치료학과
³전남과학대학교 작업치료학과
⁴순천향대학교 대학원
⁵첨단우암병원

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop a bath chair and verify its effectiveness in terms of theconvenience and safety of stroke patients. Methods: The subjects were 20 stroke patients admitted to a rehabilitation hospital in a metropolitan city. As aresearch tool, a bath chair prototype was developed based on a Delphi survey and subjective opinions from thesubjects. A Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA), questionnaire (usability assessment and open questionnaire),and Korean version of Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction Assistive Technology (K-QUEST 2.0) were usedas assessment tools. As a statistical analysis, a t-test was conducted before and after applying the bath chairprototype. Results: As the results from before and after using the bath chair prototype indicate, the REBA levels of actionregarding the use of bath ware and a showerhead are lowered from ‘high’ to ‘normal’ and ‘low,’ respectively. Inaddition, in the usability test, convenience was considered to be ‘proper’ and seven other items expressed valuesof ‘normal’. In addition, the prototype was deemed ‘satisfactory’ in terms of effectiveness, whereas seven otherindicators showed a level of ‘normal’. Conclusion: The bath chair developed in this study is expected to not only be effective in improving theconvenience and safety of the bathing activity of stroke patients but also to serve as an assistive device to reducetheir physical burden.

KEYWORDS

Stroke, Activity analysis, Bath chair, Performance analysis, ADL

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