Design and analysis of wudu' (ablution) workstation for elderly in Malaysia

International Technical Postgraduate Conference

Aman, A.^1 ; Dawal, S.Z.M.^1 ; Rahman, N.I.A.^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

50603, Malaysia^1

关键词: Anthropometric dimensions;    Design and analysis;    Elderly people;    Elderly populations;    Malaysia;    Muslims;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/210/1/012069/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/210/1/012069

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Wudu' (Ablution) workstation is one of the facilities used by most Muslims in all categories. At present, there are numbers of design guidelines for praying facilities but still lacking on wudu' (ablution) area specification especially or elderly. Thus, It is timely to develop an ergonomic wudu' workstation for elderly to perform ablution independently and confidently. This study was conducted to design an ergonomic ablution unit for the Muslim's elderly in Malaysia. An ablution workstation was designed based on elderly anthropometric dimensions and was then analyse using CATIA V5R21 for posture investigation using RULAs. The results of the study has identified significant anthropometric dimensions in designing wudu' (ablution) workstation for elderly people. This study can be considered as preliminary study for the development of an ergonomic ablution design for elderly. This effort will become one of the significant social contributions to our elderly population in developing our nation holistically.