Optimerad fysisk vårdmiljö på akutmottagning: ur patienters, närståendes och personals perspektiv DOI Open Access
Jeanette Lindahl

Published: Aug. 17, 2023

Aim: This dissertation called the COPE (Caring Optimized Physical Environment) project, aimed to evaluate perceptions of patients, family members, and staff regarding support from physical environment, with a focus on light, color, person-centered climate, before after there furbishment remodeling an emergency department (ED). Methods: A quasi-experimental design was employed, implementing evidence-based principles for light color in ED. The study evaluated perceived climate among participants using newly developed validated questionnaire, Light Color Questionnaire (LCQ). It also Swedish version Person-centered Climate members (PCQ-F). total 600 participants, including staff, were included study. Results: scores person centered higher redesign than staff. Thus, healthcare environment based knowledge experience corresponded positive change self rated that all three groups: involved enhancing access natural daylight by incorporating additional windows diverse artificial lighting options. use coding facilitate way finding uniform colors shared floor surfaces contrasting non-patient areas enhance safety. Conclusion: intervention, which focused optimizing ED, coincided increased Further, changes along overall redesign, concurred score climate. These findings emphasize importance interventions highlight potential benefits they can bring patients other health care settings.

Language: Английский

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in healthcare facilities: A systematic literature review and gap analysis DOI Creative Commons

Aniebietabasi Ackley,

Oludolapo Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Oluwatobi Nurudeen Oyefusi

et al.

Journal of Building Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 86, P. 108787 - 108787

Published: Feb. 15, 2024

Numerous studies have examined the connection between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and health in various healthcare settings. However, it remains uncertain whether these findings are consistent across a wide array of environments for diverse IEQ elements such as daylighting, thermal comfort, acoustics, air quality. As result, this study aims to holistically assess impact on facilities with focus patient staff outcomes identify gaps knowledge within domain. The applied qualitative research approach, including systematic literature review from last three decades, covering four major databases (PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web Science). collective body consistently demonstrates that favourable positively impacts recovery, reduces stress levels, shortens hospital stays, enhances effectiveness care delivery. Nevertheless, notable gap exists concerning combined effects healing outcomes, particularly purpose-built non-purpose-built facilities. To bridge gap, we propose adopting an evidence-based design approach understand relationship hospital's environment well-being both patients staff, specific architectural considerations. also proposes conceptual framework helps dynamics offer valuable insights researchers, policymakers, professionals building design, facilitating enhancement guidelines standards tailored

Language: Английский

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Understanding university students’ perceptions of classroom environment: A synergistic approach integrating grounded theory (GT) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) DOI
Zongbao Feng, Huiying Hou, Haifeng Lan

et al.

Journal of Building Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 83, P. 108446 - 108446

Published: Jan. 2, 2024

Language: Английский

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Synergy in Action: Integrating Environmental Monitoring, Energy Efficiency, and IoT for Safer Shared Buildings DOI Open Access
Alessandro Franco, Emanuele Crisostomi, Stefano Dalmiani

et al.

Published: March 21, 2024

Shared public buildings have become centers of innovation, integrating advanced technologies to meet evolving societal needs. With a heightened emphasis on occupants’ health and well-being, these serve as hubs for technological convergence, facilitating seamless connectivity intelligent data analysis management. Within this context, environmental monitoring emerges foundational element, pivotal all aspects building This article provides findings from the nationally funded RE-START project, which focuses shared buildings, with special regard educational medical facilities. The project explores enhanced indoor air quality monitoring, focusing in particular CO2 concentration that is directly correlated occupancy, fundamental element developing safety protocols, energy efficiency strategies, integration smart technologies, data-driven intersection efficiency, security, IoT spaces are relevant. outcomes study reveal delicate nature involved components, need be carefully developed an integrated manner.

Language: Английский

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Analysis and Evaluation of Indoor Environment, Occupant Satisfaction, and Energy Consumption in General Hospital in China DOI Creative Commons
Yukai Sun, Kojima Shoichi,

Kazuaki NAKAOHKUBO

et al.

Buildings, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 1675 - 1675

Published: June 29, 2023

Different functional areas within general hospitals have varying environmental requirements, with relatively high energy consumption. A comprehensive evaluation of the operational performance’s rationality is great significance in hospitals’ conservation efforts. This study conducted an annual post-occupancy a hospital located hot summer and cold winter area east China. Two hundred seventy-eight valid online satisfaction questionnaires, sixty point-to-point indoor environment data each typical season, consumption were obtained. The overall selected met standard requirements. results showed that occupant was influenced by gender, working hours, length stay. level this building 84.7 kWh/m2, which significantly lower than other public China developed countries. inpatient department directly related to days, increase 12.2 kWh/m2 for every 1000 additional days. new quality (IEQ) model efficiency established. Overall, outpatient exhibited superior performance compared department. These models can help owners decision-makers identification hospitals.

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Dynamic Lighting at Nurses' stations on Shift Work Performance, Nurses' Sleep and Well-Being DOI
Tongyue Wang,

Xu Rong,

Di Hu

et al.

Journal of Building Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 112575 - 112575

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Daylighting and Patients’ Access to View Assessment in the Palestinian Hospitals’ ICUs DOI
Deema Amleh, Abdelrahman Halawani, Muhannad Haj Hussein

et al.

HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(2), P. 221 - 242

Published: Feb. 24, 2025

Daylight and access to a view out are vital factors in improving patients' wellness, side by healthcare providers' satisfaction productivity intensive care units (ICUs). Unfortunately, insufficient attention was paid this issue Palestine resulting many ICU designs lacking the required daylight view, which, turn, negatively affects increasing delirium incidence sleep disorders. This study aims assess Palestinian hospitals' ICUs terms of conducting measurements field observations. The results show that available do not provide adequate for patients.

Language: Английский

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Analysis and Optimization of Stack Ventilation in Hospital Street Based on ANSYS DOI

以恒 张

Modeling and Simulation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(02), P. 117 - 126

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Investigating the effectiveness of a new indoor ventilation model in reducing the spread of disease: A case of sports centres amid the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Javier Álvarez, Álvaro Romero Barriuso, Blasa María Villena Escribano

et al.

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(6), P. e27877 - e27877

Published: March 1, 2024

The ventilation of buildings is crucial to ensure indoor health, especially when demanding physical activities are carried out indoors, and the pandemic has highlighted need develop new management methods adequate ventilation. In Spain, there no specific regulations prevent spread pathogens such as coronavirus. Therefore, it necessary have a theoretical tool for calculating occupancy maintain sports facilities in optimal safety conditions. proposed method based on analysis mathematical expressions from European standardisation documents uses concentration CO2 bioeffluent. It also concept background critical concentration, which allows its application be extrapolated future crises caused by pathogens. This study presents unique novel dataset centres. For this purpose, calculation were applied data set provided Mostoles City Council, during years with highest incidence COVID-19, government introduced assimilation COVID-19 sick leave occupational accidents. type Council correspond period between March 2020 February 2022. Similarly, average use activity, Sports Department, 2021. way, was possible verify effectiveness preventing any conclusion, implementation carbon dioxide bioeffluent can an effective or hazardous chemicals air, demonstrated centres gyms, fields, swimming pools pandemic.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating Building Performance and Patient Well-being in Healthcare Facilities: A Literature Review of Environmental Quality and Design Strategies DOI
Ying Li, Hong Zhang, Xiumei Shen

et al.

Journal of Building Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 111031 - 111031

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Evaluation of staff's perception of a circadian lighting system implemented in a hospital DOI Creative Commons
Kathrine Marie Schledermann, Thomas Bjørner, Anders Sode West

et al.

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 242, P. 110488 - 110488

Published: June 10, 2023

Natural and electrical lighting have received attention in hospital environments due to their ability increase staffs' performance, improve shift workers' circadian rhythm patients' recovery. Researchers investigated health care satisfaction with lit work environment real-life settings; however, staff members' perception of a system (CLS) that operates automatically has yet be researched. This paper presents the implementation CLS installed newly built between June 2021–February 2022. Two surveys (n1 = 63, n2 48) 10 interviews were conducted staff. Wilcoxon rank-sum test was compare responses pre-existing (PeL) at Neuro Intensive Care Unit Postanesthesia Unit. The results showed statistically significant compared PeL (p 0.0003), found easier use 0.0011) adjust 0.0023). working rooms multiple patients appreciated individual patient. These supplement existing body research by presenting field-study illuminates barriers advantages consider when implementing hospitals. We conclude can complement complex hospitals, but it requires close collaboration occupants continuous adjustments settings for successful implementation, long-term system.

Language: Английский

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