Subject(s)
Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration , Homes for the Aged/organization & administration , Nursing Homes/organization & administration , Physicians, Family/organization & administration , Skilled Nursing Facilities/organization & administration , After-Hours Care/organization & administration , Health Care Surveys , Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration , Humans , Quality of Health Care/organization & administration , Surveys and Questionnaires , United KingdomSubject(s)
Chronic Disease/psychology , Habits , Hand Strength , Object Attachment , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anxiety/psychology , Chronic Disease/rehabilitation , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Hospitalization , Humans , Male , Sick RoleABSTRACT
A population survey was carried out to analyse examples of the coloured fibre population that may be expected to exist in both front- and top-loading domestic washing machines during Spring, in Sydney, Australia. White cotton T-shirts were washed both individually, and with a normal household wash load, then taped to recover extraneous fibres transferred during the wash cycle. Twelve thousand one hundred and seventy-eight fibres were classified according to length, colour and generic class. Cotton fibres were most prevalent (69.4%), followed by man-made fibres (24.2%). The most common colour/generic class combinations were black/grey cotton (27%), blue cotton (20%) and red cotton (15.6%). Other combinations generally represented under 2% of the total fibre population. Two thirds (65.9%) of the recovered fibres were under 2 mm in length, the proportion of fibres decreasing with increasing fibre length. Variations in machine type did not affect the distribution of fibres with respect to fibre type, colour or length.
