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Abstract: As
children develop, physically and cognitively, many of them strive for personal
independence. For children diagnosed with chronic diseases, their desire to act
independently might lead them to become involved in their own healthcare, performing
diagnostic and therapeutic tasks using medical devices. This research identified a
typical age at which children are more capable of ... read moreperforming tasks with home health care
devices (i.e., blood glucose meters, nebulizers) with minimal error. In addition, this
research evaluated the relation of child development and device complexity to the
prevalence of use errors. Nine years of age emerged as a threshold at which a majority
of children could perform medical device tasks with minimal error. Moreover, children's
age and working memory capacity and device complexity accounted for a significant
proportion of the variance in use error rate. Additionally, the researcher provided a
method for quantifying device complexity as well as a metric for estimating the rate of
potential for use errors by children.
Thesis
(M.S.)--Tufts University, 2016.
Submitted to the
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Advisor: Daniel
Hannon.
Committee: Michael Wiklund, Donald Lombardi,
and Margaret Morris.
Keywords: Developmental
psychology, Health care management, and Engineering.read less
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