Design and Development of 3D Animation Media Promoting the Perceptions of Home Area Walking to Prevent Falls for Elderly.

Abstract

The purpose of this research were to: 1) To develop 3D animation media to promote the perceptions of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly with quality. 2) to study the elderly's perception of 3D animation media to promote the perceptions of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly. 3) to study the factors related to fall in elderly’s residences, to design and develop media and innovation which has the content of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly with quality. The research tools were: 1) structured interview questionnaires for specialist in geriatric rehabilitation medicine caring for the elderly and physical therapy 2) 3D animation quality assessment form for media content and animation elements in 3D animation 3) the perception assessment of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly with quality level before and after watching 3D animated media. Statistics used in this research were percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-Test.

               The results show that:

               1) 3D animation media to promote the perception of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly with quality, with a length of 17.10 minutes, image size 1280 x 720 pixels, which has been determined to have the highest level of quality in terms of media content. and through finding the quality level of animation elements in 3D animation is at the highest level 

               2) After watching the media, the level of the perception of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly was significantly higher at the .05 level, indicating that after watching 3D animation media promoting awareness of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly. The score after watching the media was higher than the score before watching the media with statistical significance at the .05 level, showing that the perception of awareness of prevent falls walking in elderly residences is increased.

               3) The results summarized the study of factors related to falls among the elderly. To design and develop media and innovation with the content of home area walking to prevent falls for elderly.

Keywords: 3D Animation/ Home area falls of elderly/ Rehabilitation medicine/ physical therapy