TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comprehensibility of universal healthcare symbols for wayfinding in healthcare facilities
JF  - Applied Ergonomics
Y1  - 2014
A1  - Lee,Seunghae
A1  - Dazkir,Sibel Seda
A1  - Paik,Haesun
A1  - Coskun,Aykut
KW  - Design Program
AB  - facilities can be challenging. As there is an increasing number of global citizens who travel to seek<br>medical care in another country, it is critical to make wayfinding easy for visitors who are not familiar<br>with the language in a foreign country. Among many wayfinding aids, symbols are helpful for those<br>visitors who have limited ability to understand written language. This study tested universal healthcare<br>symbols in the United States, South Korea, and Turkey to compare the comprehension of symbols crosscountry<br>and identify predictors of the correct comprehension. To explore statistically significant relationships<br>between symbol comprehension and countries, Pearson’s Chi-square tests, logistic regression,<br>and ANOVA were conducted. The test results showed that ten symbols among 14 tested have<br>significant relationship with countries. Results of this study demonstrate that symbol comprehension<br>can be varied significantly in different countries.
VL  - 45
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687013002299
CP  - 4
U2  - a
U4  - 67883048960
ID  - 67883048960
ER  -