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Smart Dialysis Chaise Longue For Better Health for human beings

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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The number of “dialysis" patients in Egypt is about 60 thousand, each of them needs at least 13 sessions per month, with 3 sessions per week, the duration of one session is four continuous hours, the majority of patients are under the age of fifty, according to the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation – ESNT (Magdi, A. 2021).Also, according to the same previous source, Egypt has approximately 460 private and governmental dialysis centers, distributed all over Egypt Othman, A. & Hisham, M. & Hosni, M. (2018).Since the man is the main engine for countries progress and development, the state provides specialized dialysis centers furnished well to ensure best care for users. Here appears the role of applied arts in providing products that serve humankind and advance society, as one of the main objectives of establishing colleges of applied arts is community service, through continuous communication with all community organizations to influence and be affected by them and to serve as scientific, research and reference leadership (du.edu.eg 2021.)To perform a dialysis session, the patient needs a dialysis machine and a bed or chair while receiving treatment. Due to the high cost of imported dialysis chaise longue, some hospitals use residence beds as an alternative solution. And due to the patient's need to repeat dialysis sessions at least 3 sessions per week, and some of them need daily sessions according to the patient's health condition. A study of a dialysis chair design that can be manufactured locally to avoid the high cost and achieve physical comfort for the patient, as well as provide the patient with solutions that help in killing the sense of time is needed, which may contribute in improving the patient psychological condition, which may help raise the rate of recovery.

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10.21608/idj.2022.210318

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dialysis, Smart Chaise Longue, Smart Furniture, Smart Dialysis Chair, multipurpose chair, Human health

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Aya

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Habbak

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Lotfy Zakarya

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Lecturer at the Interior Design and Furniture Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt, aya_habbak@du.edu.eg

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aya_habbak@du.edu.eg

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12

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29487

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2022-01-01

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2021-10-17

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2022-01-01

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89

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97

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2090-9632

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2090-9640

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International Design Journal

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Smart Dialysis Chaise Longue For Better Health for human beings

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22 Jan 2023