Fuzzy and AHP approaches for designing a hospital bed: a case study in Bangladesh

Chakrabortty, Ripon K.; Asadujjaman, Md.; Nuruzzaman, Md.

doi:10.1504/ijise.2014.062541

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“…Here seat dimensions were set as predicted/dependent variable and drivers' anthropometry was set as an independent variable. According to Chakrabortty et al 25) only drivers' stature was considered as independent variable in linear regression.…”

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Ergonomic considerations for designing truck drivers’ seats: The case of Bangladesh

Halder

Mahmud

Sarker

et al. 2018

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objectives: The purpose of this work was to investigate the fitness of the existing truck seats for Bangladeshi truck drivers and suggest a guideline for drivers' seats based on their anthropometry. Methodology: In this study, eight anthropometric measurements of 120 Bangladeshi truck drivers and seven seat dimensions of ninety trucks of three brands namely, TATA, ASHOK LEYLAND, and ISUZU were considered for investigating the considerable mismatch between seat dimensions and drivers' anthropometry. The data were analyzed using two-sample t-tests to identify the relationship between existing seat dimensions and drivers' anthropometry. Results: The results showed a mismatch in seat dimensions and anthropometric measurements for nearly all truck brands and the existing seat dimensions were found to be inappropriate for Bangladeshi drivers. For all the truck brands, the percentage mismatch of seat height, seat depth, seat width, backrest height, and steering wheel clearance varied between 71% and 98%, 23% and 79%, 33% and 84%, 28% and 65%, and 53% and 100% respectively. Subsequently, an attempt was made to provide ergonomically correct seat dimensions for Bangladeshi truck drivers. Further, generalized equations to design the appropriate seat dimensions were developed using the least square regression technique. The recommended seat height, depth and width, backrest height, and steering wheel clearance were found to be appropriate for 82%, 79%, 76%, 98%, and 100% of drivers respectively. Conclusion: The analysis and results of this study can be useful in developing guidelines for design and manufacture of truck driver seats in Bangladesh.

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Ergonomic considerations for designing truck drivers’ seats: The case of Bangladesh

Halder

Mahmud

Sarker

et al. 2018

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…The value of the new conclusions may lead to a recalculation of costs connected with health care in the context of neighbourhood (Green, 2002;Green and Nguyen, 2001). The previsualisation may constitute an important stage in weighing and creating spatial health care models (Chakrabortty et al, 2014;Oliveira, Portela, and Abelha, 2014).…”

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Spatio-temporal dependencies between hospital beds, physicians and health expenditure using visual variables and data classification in statistical table

Medyńska-Gulij

Cybulski

2016

Geodesy and Cartography

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This paper analyses the use of table visual variables of statistical data of hospital beds as an important tool for revealing spatio-temporal dependencies. It is argued that some of conclusions from the data about public health and public expenditure on health have a spatio-temporal reference. Different from previous studies, this article adopts combination of cartographic pragmatics and spatial visualization with previous conclusions made in public health literature. While the signifi cant conclusions about health care and economic factors has been highlighted in research papers, this article is the fi rst to apply visual analysis to statistical table together with maps which is called previsualisation.

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“…Some studies covered anthropometry for furniture such as classroom and library furniture (Hoque et al, 2014;M. S. Parvez et al, 2021;Shah et al, 2013), hospital bed (Chakraborty et al, 2014;Islam et al, 2013)etc. These provide better dataset; however, they are not designed for architecture.…”

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Design Studio Insights: Anthropometric Considerations for Ergonomic Design of Wet Services

Biswas

2023

JDS

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Ergonomics is a vital consideration for space design. In architecture education, ergonomics is usually taught in the design studio with various learning methods such as lecture, demonstration, survey, design exercise etc. This article presents an anthropometric study through a design studio exercise dedicated to learning ergonomic considerations. It presents an anthropometric dataset prepared within the studio exercise for designing lavatory and kitchen spaces. In Bangladesh, there is a scarcity of anthropometric data useful for architecture, therefore some reference standards are consulted in the academic and practical field of architecture to integrate ergonomics in design. The presented dataset can serve as a source data for this purpose. Analysis of the derived dataset also raises questions about the suitability of the commonly practiced reference standards.

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Fuzzy and AHP approaches for designing a hospital bed: a case study in Bangladesh

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Ergonomic considerations for designing truck drivers’ seats: The case of Bangladesh

Ergonomic considerations for designing truck drivers’ seats: The case of Bangladesh

Spatio-temporal dependencies between hospital beds, physicians and health expenditure using visual variables and data classification in statistical table

Design Studio Insights: Anthropometric Considerations for Ergonomic Design of Wet Services

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