Fashion & Textile Research Journal (한국의류산업학회지)

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Actual Clothing Conditions for the Elderly Contributing to the Improvement of ADL Level

일상생활 수준 향상에 기여하는 실버웨어 제작을 위한 설문조사 연구

  • Bang, Ha Yeon (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Kyungpook National University/Center for Beautiful Aging, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Hee Eun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Kyungpook National University/Center for Beautiful Aging, Kyungpook National University)
  • 방하연 (경북대학교 의류학과/경북대학교 장수생활과학연구소) ;
  • 김희은 (경북대학교 의류학과/경북대학교 장수생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2012.07.19
  • Accepted : 2012.12.25
  • Published : 2013.02.28
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Abstract

The demand to complement the elderly body shape with comfortable clothing has greatly increased with the growing elderly population and their improved social-economic level. However, apparel industries have not provided significant production and sale strategies that reflect and consider elderly body shape characteristics. This study investigated the demand and complaints of current silver wear. This study was conducted on 100 elderly people 65 and over. The questionnaires were composed of Korean Activities of Daily Living (K-ADL) that reflect the general characteristics of the respondents related to clothing (clothing requirements and demands) and free comments on each question. Subsequently, we found that the most uncomfortable clothing parts were 'sleeve length' and 'crotch' in women and 'neck circumference' and 'pocket' in men when wearing shirts and pants respectively. Respondents felt that the button and zipper knob sizes were too small with the buttons too numerous. The results suggest that we should consider body shape changes caused by aging in order to develop elderly clothing patterns to improve the level of ADL. We anticipate apparel industries for the elderly to expand due to the rapid increase in the elderly population.

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