Positive Pediatric Distractions
Wellbeing effects
Wellbeing effects
Jiang and colleagues have found, via a study using immersive virtual environment (IVE) techniques, that views of green spaces through windows can make it easier to move from one part of a building to another effectively and efficiently; their findings are readily applicable to non-healthcare space types.
Cui and teammates probed how the design of outdoor spaces at hospitals can influence staff stress levels.
Miller and colleagues reviewed the findings of published qualitative studies related to the design of palliative healthcare spaces.
Beverly and colleagues probed the sorts of experiences that can reduce stress in frontline healthcare workers.
Willems and colleagues investigated environmental control by hospital patients.
Keeping stressed people "on track"
Bae and Asojo evaluated the experiences of people in long-term care units.
Positive spaces for all
Sunder shares thought-provoking insights that will be valuable to any one designing patient rooms, particularly semi-private ones.