Title

An Empirical Study Of The Ergonomic Design Of Pill Bottle Caps For The Elderly

Abstract

A central requirement of designing pharmaceutical containers is designing for the elderly and those with poor manual dexterity (e.g., arthritis); however, in an effort to reduce the number of accidental poisonings in children each year it is vital to make pharmaceutical containers child resistant. This study entails an empirical examination of several commonly used child resistant containers (CRCs) across younger (≤35) and older adults (≥50). Results indicated that both younger and older adults could use the containers. However, results did differ on task completion times and rates of perceived exertion for bottle cap design, which was dependent upon both bottle size and CRC design. Design recommendations were made, to employ larger bottles with CRC designs that emphasize mental over physical dexterity (i.e., align-arrow cap design) and smaller more easily managed bottles with CRC designs that emphasize physical dexterity (i.e., push and twist cap design).

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Number of Pages

204-208

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120504900212

Socpus ID

44349110177 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/44349110177

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