Fallah Hossein, Nazari Jalil, Choobineh Alireza, Morowatisharifabad Mohammad Ali, Jafarabadi Mohamad Asghari
Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Occupational Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Work. 2021;70(4):1289-1303. doi: 10.3233/WOR-210765.
The main purpose of ergonomics is environment adaptation to humans, and the root cause of the barriers and problems of the older adults is the mismatch between the home environment and their limitations.
The present study aimed to identify and explain physical environment barriers and problems among older adults' homes in Yazd, Iran.
This qualitative study was conducted as conventional content analysis. In total, 53 participants including 36 older adults and 17 caregivers were enrolled in the study. The participants were selected using convenience and purposive sampling methods, while the data collection method was a semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded and transcribed, and then analyzed using MAXQDA11 software.
Following data analysis, 268 initial codes were extracted. They were classified into three major categories and 31 sub categories. The main categories are "barriers and problems associated with older adults' sensory limitations," "barriers and problems associated with older adults' motor limitations," and "barriers and problems associated with older adults' cognitive limitations."
Although the data collected from the older adults and their caregivers are in many cases similar, caregivers can provide reasons for the barriers and problems as well as solutions better than the older adults. The data also indicate that most of the problems and barriers are related to motor limitations.
人体工程学的主要目的是使环境适应人类，而老年人面临障碍和问题的根本原因是家庭环境与他们自身局限之间的不匹配。
本研究旨在识别并解释伊朗亚兹德老年人家庭中的物理环境障碍和问题。
本定性研究采用传统内容分析法。共有53名参与者，包括36名老年人和17名照料者参与了该研究。参与者采用便利抽样和目的抽样方法选取，数据收集方法为半结构化访谈。访谈进行录音和转录，然后使用MAXQDA11软件进行分析。
经过数据分析，提取了268个初始编码。它们被分为三大类和31个子类别。主要类别为“与老年人感官局限相关的障碍和问题”、“与老年人运动局限相关的障碍和问题”以及“与老年人认知局限相关的障碍和问题”。
尽管从老年人及其照料者那里收集到的数据在很多情况下是相似的，但照料者能够比老年人更好地提供障碍和问题的原因以及解决方案。数据还表明，大多数问题和障碍与运动局限有关。
