A Case Study on the Elderly People's Behavior for Developing Smart Home Service - Focus on analyzing behaviors filling up by oneself for 24hours-

지능형 주거 서비스 개발을 위한 고령자 행위 사례분석 연구 - 24시간 자기기입식 행위 분석을 중심으로 -

  • 이현수 (연세대학교 주거환경학과) ;
  • 정현원 (김포대학 실내디자인학과) ;
  • 정지예 (연세대학교 주거환경학과) ;
  • 박성준 (연세대학교 생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2011.10.31
  • Accepted : 2012.02.10
  • Published : 2012.02.29

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to categorize elderly people's behavior using the questionnaire filling up by oneself for 24hours and to analyze the time required according to behavior and space. Also, through analytical researches, we find a way to develop smart home service. In this study, we carry out a questionnaire targeting a number of 20 elderly people. The questionnaire is to survey elderly people's behaviors for 24hours. Questionnaire items consist of three parts : items for checking time required about a daily behavior, items for analyzing a space in daily lives, generalities. This study is analyzed through descriptive statistics. The results of this study were as follows. Firstly, the elderly people's behaviors were eight categories. Among these behavior's categories, the highest portion is the behavior related to Individual maintenance such as sleep, personal hygiene, nap, etc. by 49%. Secondly, the portion of time required in residence based on daily lives is higher than outside of residence by 73%. Lastly, analyzing each space in residence focused on time required of elderly people's behaviors, bed room is the highest portion by 49%, and followed by living room with 29% and kitchen with 15%, and bath room with 7%.

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