Mayhorn Christopher B, Nichols Timothy A, Rogers Wendy A, Fisk Arthur D
North Carolina State University, NC, USA.
Inj Control Saf Promot. 2004 Dec;11(4):211-8. doi: 10.1080/156609704/233/327497.
Older adults' perceptions of hazards associated with home product usage and beliefs about product warnings were assessed. Focus group interview data were coded along the dimensions of (a) product type; (b) hazard type; (c) hazard knowledge; (d) hazard avoidance; (e) product warning presence; and (f) product warning necessity. A survey supplemented the focus group results by gathering measures of usage patterns and usability difficulties associated with various types of household products. Older adults reported routine use of products they considered to be hazardous and identified an array of home safety concerns. Furthermore, personal experience was an important source of older adults' hazard knowledge and they described a number of hazard avoidance strategies. These data provide insight into older adults' home safety behaviour and suggest a number of approaches to improving hazard communication and warning design.
研究评估了老年人对家用产品使用相关危害的认知以及对产品警告的看法。焦点小组访谈数据按照以下维度进行编码：(a) 产品类型；(b) 危害类型；(c) 危害知识；(d) 危害规避；(e) 产品警告的存在情况；以及 (f) 产品警告的必要性。一项调查通过收集与各类家用产品相关的使用模式和可用性困难的测量数据，对焦点小组的结果进行了补充。老年人报告了他们日常使用他们认为有危险的产品，并指出了一系列家庭安全问题。此外，个人经验是老年人危害知识的重要来源，他们描述了一些危害规避策略。这些数据为了解老年人的家庭安全行为提供了见解，并提出了一些改善危害沟通和警告设计的方法。
