Home interior design for people with physical disabilities in relation to household chores simplification

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1 Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, Benha University

2 Home Management, Faculty of Specific Education, Department of Home Economics - University of Kafr El-Sheikh

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The current study aims at investigating the significance of integral elements (functional, economic, and aesthetic) of home interior design for people with physical disabilities to simplify household chores. To attain this aim, 245 physically disabled persons were invited to take part in a descriptive analytical study, while considering the following tools (1) a general data form of the family, (2) house-interior-design questionnaire, and (3) the household chores simplification questionnaire. Key findings indicate that the mean scores for all dimensions of "interior-design did not vary significantly according to either the increase in family members or the job of physically disabled persons. On the other hand, the aesthetic element improved significantly with increasing family income. Female participants were more involved than males in exploring the economic dimension of home interior design. In case of “simplifying household chores”, mean scores for dimensions of this questionnaire improved significantly with increasing the monthly income of the family, except for the “ease of use and cleaning” dimensions. Scores of the medium-sized families were the highest in this regard. Female participants recorded significantly higher scores on "freedom of movement” dimension than males. It is worthy to mention that home interior-design scores improved significantly in private houses than in rented dwellings. Likewise, scores for all dimensions of the two questionnaires were higher in rural than in urban areas. Moreover, all dimensions of the two questionnaires were correlated significantly with each other (P< 0.01). These results confirm that integral elements of home-interior-design are needed to simplify household chores.

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