Exploring the role of the built environment in person-centered care during mealtimes in an ethno-specific long-term care home
2023
(Re)designing the Continuum of Care for Older Adults: The Future of Long-Term Care Settings
Book Section
Author(s): Gurung, S., Chaudhury, H., Ferdous, F., Roberts, E.
Added April 2023
Contemporary issues in acute mental health facility design: insights from the Aotearoa-New Zealand experience
2023
Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 18
Pages 97-117
Author(s): Jenkin, G., McIntosh, J., Marques, B., Peterson, D., Chrysikou, E., Every-Palmer, S.
Added April 2023
Promoting mental health recovery by design: Physical, procedural, and relational security in the context of the mental health built environment
2023
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 32
Pages 147-161
Author(s): Wilson, R. L., Hutton, A., Foureur, M.
Research shows that effective inpatient mental health care should include environments that are safe, purposeful, and stabilizing. Environments that foster physical security, support therapeutic interactions between users and systems, and promote procedural security can benefit patients, family members, and staff.
Added April 2023
Identifying built environment solutions, in Thai community hospital outpatient clinics, to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Author(s): Prugsiganont, S., Waroonkun, T.
Added April 2023
The meaning of the physical environment in child and adolescent therapy: A qualitative study of the outdoor care retreat
2023
Ecopsychology
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 15
Pages 244-258
Author(s): Hauge, Å. L., Lindheim, M. Ø., Røtting, K., Johnsen, S. Å. K.
Added April 2023
Background music’s impact on patients waiting in surgery and radiology clinics
2023
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 16
Pages 278-290
Author(s): Yeoh, J. P. S., Spence, C.
The use of background music in healthcare environments has steadily increased over the last 20 years; previous research indicates it may help reduce patient anxiety and improve perceptions of the healthcare environment. The use of background music as an intervention in waiting rooms, specifically, has been unexplored.
Added April 2023
The variable impact of clinical risk-adjustment models to evaluate hospital design
2023
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 16
Pages 146-155
Author(s): Mead, M., Nanda, U., Ibrahim, A. M.
Added April 2023
Vibroacoustic pollution in the neonatal ward
2023
Encyclopedia
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 3
Pages 449-457
Author(s): Lora-Martín, A., Sequí-Sabater, J. M., del Rey-Tormos, R., Alba-Fernández, J., Sequí-Canet, J. M.
Added April 2023
On the restorative break: Understanding the role of break room design on nurse engagement and satisfaction
2023
Workplace Health & Safety
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 71
Pages 329-336
Author(s): Lorusso, L., Ossmann, M., Orozco, T., Lawson, L.
Research demonstrates that breaks are important in mitigating the physical, cognitive, and emotional demands of nursing work. It is important that nursing unit break areas are not only accessible but also restorative.
Added April 2023
The development of a life-cycle-based sustainability index that incorporates patient-centredness for assessing and reporting the sustainability of healthcare buildings in Saudi Arabia
2023
Sustainability
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 15
Pages 5784
Author(s): Alhaij, A., Jamoussi, B., Abu-Rizaiza, A.
Added April 2023
The effectiveness of the interventions to reduce sound levels in the ICU: A systematic review
2023
Critical Care Explorations
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 5
Pages e0885
Author(s): Vreman, J., Lemson, J., Lanting, C., van der Hoeven, J., van den Boogaard, M.
Added April 2023
Four decades of intensive care unit design evolution and thoughts for the future
2023
Critical Care Clinics
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 39
Pages 577-602
Author(s): Halpern, N. A., Scruth, E., Rausen, M., Anderson, D.
Added April 2023
Proposing a systematic assessment tool for evaluating the architectural variables of dementia-friendly design in nursing homes
Author(s): Golgolnia, T., Kevdzija, M., Marquardt, G., Goodman-Deane, Joy, Dong, Hua, Heylighen, Ann, Lazar, Jonathan, Clarkson, John
Added April 2023
Separating Covid from non-Covid: spatial adaptations in existing hospital buildings
Author(s): Annemans, M., Jellema, P., Heylighen, A.
Added April 2023
Patient and ward related risk factors in a multi-ward nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19: Outbreak investigation and matched case–control study
2023
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 12
Pages 21
Author(s): Leal, J., O’Grady, H. M., Armstrong, L., Dixit, D., Khawaja, Z., Snedeker, K., Ellison, J., Erebor, J., Jamieson, P., Weiss, A., Salcedo, D., Roberts, K., Wiens, K., Croxen, M. A., Berenger, B. M., Pabbaraju, K., Lin, Y.-C., Evans, D., Conly, J.-M.
Added April 2023
Lessons from the first wave of COVID-19 in Italy: A collection of design strategies to face pandemic situations in healthcare facilities
2023
Journal of Emergency Management
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 21
Pages 167-184
Author(s): Brambilla, A., Brusamolin, E., Johnson, A. A., Scullica, F., Capolongo, S.
Added April 2023
Evaluation of the usage requirements of hospital signage systems based on the kano model
2023
Sustainability
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 15
Pages 4972
Author(s): Deng, L., Romainoor, N. H., Zhang, B.
Added April 2023
Visual comfort assessment of hospital patient rooms with climate responsive facades
2023
Journal of Daylighting
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 10
Pages 17-30
Author(s): Toodekharman, H., Abravesh, M., Heidari, S.
Responsive building facades are a cutting-edge technology that comprise part of a building’s envelope. These facades automatically adapt to and algorithmically learn the surrounding environment, in turn reducing energy consumption, adjusting daylighting and ventilation, and influencing thermal and visual comfort.
Added April 2023
A systematic review of operating room ventilation
2021
Journal of Building Engineering
Journal Article
Author(s): Sadrizadeh, S., Aganovic, A., Bogdan, A., Wang, C., Afshari, A., Hartmann, A., Croitoru, C., Khan, A., Kriegel, M., Lind, M., Liu, Z., Melikov, A., Mo, J., Rotheudt, H., Yao, R., Zhang, Y., Abouali, O., Langvatn, H., Sköldenberg, O., Cao, G.
Added April 2023
Biorisk management features of a temporary COVID-19 hospital
2023
Applied Biosafety
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 28
Pages 32-42
Author(s): Fontes, B., Scavone, D., Bridges, W., Landgraf, T., Fortgang, N.
Added April 2023
