Construction of a support system for improving the clothing life for preschoolers with physical disabilities

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02389
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08030:Family and consumer sciences, and culture and living-related
• Research Institution: Osaka Kyoiku University
• Principal Investigator: Yamada Yukako 大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20304074)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 未就学児 / 既製服 / リフォーム / 医療的ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to improve the clothing life by reforming ready-to-wear for preschoolers with physical disabilities. The following results were obtained.
1) It was proved that the simple reform method of the front opening that we considered was easy. It can be reformed online. 2) A web survey was conducted on parents of children with disabilities in Japan. We clarified the nearly 60% of parents of children with disabilities have experienced reform by themselves.　 In particular, there are more parents of children requiring constant medical care who have had reforming experience than those who had no medical care. In addition, it was confirmed that those who had medical care were more likely to participate in the reforming ready-to-wear seminar.

Free Research Field

被服学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、障がいにより自分で着替えが困難な子どもの衣生活改善に着目し、毎日繰り返される着替えの不都合を前開きリフォームにより解決することを試みた。あまり実態が報告されていない気管切開、胃ろうなど医療的ケアに関わる衣服の問題が明らかとなった事は社会的に意義があると考えている。医療的ケアがある子どもの保護者の方がリフォームやその講習会の必要性が高いことが確認されたことから、今後の障がいのある子どもの衣生活及び介助者のQOLの向上に向けて支援をどうするかの示唆が得られた。今後は手術を行う医療機関と連携し、早いうちに不安や不満の解消に努めることが必要であると考えられる。