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Comfort: Beyond HFE to Patient Outcomes and Comfort Zones

  • Applied Ergonomics Group Inc

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Abstract

Comfort has been a staple of outcome measures in Human Factors / Ergonomics (HFE) for generations. We have theories of comfort and validated measures. But HFE is not alone in studying comfort. Here we review two adjacent applications of comfort: In patient outcomes and in management’s idea of comfort zones. We find some but not much overlap between these three fields and the ability for HFE to learn positive and negative lessons from each.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2107-2112
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume67
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event67th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2023 - Columbia, United States
Duration: Oct 23 2023Oct 27 2023

Keywords

  • Comfort Zone
  • Discomfort
  • Health Care
  • Management
  • Seating

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