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PCQ: Preferred Comfort Questionnaires for product design.

Shabila Anjani¹, Manon Kühne², Alessandro Naddeo³

¹Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

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|December 18, 2020

Summary

Selecting the right comfort questionnaires for product design is now easier. This study created a Preferred Comfort Questionnaires (PCQ) list, simplifying choices for researchers in comfort studies.

Keywords:

Comfort discomfort product design questionnaire research

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Area of Science:

Human-Computer Interaction
Product Design
Ergonomics

Background:

Selecting appropriate comfort questionnaires for product design research is a persistent challenge for experts.
Existing methods lack a standardized approach, hindering efficient and effective comfort assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a curated list of Preferred Comfort Questionnaires (PCQ) specifically for product design applications.
To aid researchers in efficiently selecting the most suitable questionnaires for their comfort research needs.

Main Methods:

Fifteen commonly used comfort research questionnaires were evaluated.
A workshop with 55 comfort researchers and practitioners at ICC 2019 involved individual rating and group ranking of questionnaires.
Evaluation criteria included ease of use, data interpretation, completion time, training requirements, and applicability to design phases and fields.

Main Results:

Responses were analyzed to identify preferred questionnaires for five application fields and four design phases.
Questionnaires were categorized into: generally preferred, requiring less training, suitable for quick completion, and broadly applicable.
This analysis resulted in the creation of the Preferred Comfort Questionnaires (PCQ) list for product design.

Conclusions:

The developed PCQ list serves as a valuable tool for researchers.
It aims to streamline the selection process for comfort questionnaires in product design research.
This resource is expected to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of comfort studies.