A Breath of Fresh Air: Outdoor Spaces in Healthcare Facilities Can Provide Clean Air and Respite

Sachs, Naomi A.

doi:10.1177/1937586719872396

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“…Applying the concept of healthscape effects in the context of healing gardens, Pasha (2013) investigated the relationship of the shade in outdoor space and seating (S) with the duration and frequency of garden visitation (R) in pediatric hospitals, while Sachs (2019) discussed the importance of outdoor fresh air (S) in healing environments. Gueib et al (2020) also investigated sensory enrichment and contact with nature (S) among other stimuli in the context of healing gardens positively influence the self-consciousness (O) of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.…”

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Small Garden, Big Impact: Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors to a Rooftop Atrium in a Major Hospital

Kelly

Nanu

Kwon

et al. 2021

HERD

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Purpose: To measure hospital visitors’ satisfaction with a rooftop atrium and its resultant impact on the visitors’ behavioral intentions toward the healing garden, the hospital, and overall satisfaction with the hospital. Background: There is a significant lack of empirical research that links the emotional and behavioral responses toward healing gardens and the hospitals providing them. Methods: A purposeful sample of 96 visitors to the healing garden in the rooftop atrium of a surgery building in a major hospital in the Southeastern United States completed a survey based on Roger Ulrich’s Theory of Supportive Gardens and the Stimulus, Organism, Response (S-O-R) paradigm. Results: Findings of this study suggest visitors’ experience with the healing garden can lead to overall satisfaction with the hospital and behavioral intentions toward the hospital. Visitors’ satisfaction with the healing garden significantly predicted their satisfaction with the hospital, their intend to revisit the hospital, and their intend to recommend it. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that a small healing garden can be a powerful enough space to impact visitors’ overall satisfaction with the hospital and their intentions regarding their future behavior toward the hospital, such as revisiting or recommending the hospital.

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confidence: 99%

Small Garden, Big Impact: Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors to a Rooftop Atrium in a Major Hospital

Kelly

Nanu

Kwon

et al. 2021

HERD

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“…At present, the focus of research on the restorative impact of HORS on staff has been on finding the purpose of HORS use for “fresh air” and the design preferences of nursing groups for HORS ( 12 , 13 ). However, in such research, the main methods include questionnaires, interviews, and behavior observations ( 14 , 15 ), and eye movement tracking technology is rarely used to explore the gaze behavior of staff in HORS at the level of physiological perception.…”

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Influence of Hospital Outdoor Rest Space on the Eye Movement Measures and Self-Rating Restoration of Staff

Cui

Xuan

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of hospital outdoor rest space on the eye movement measures and self-rating restoration of staff.BackgroundRelieving the pressure of hospital staff through exposure to hospital outdoor rest space is essential, but there is a scarcity of research on the impact of hospital outdoor rest space on the eye movement measures and self-rating restoration of staff, especially for large Chinese hospitals.MethodsCross-analysis was conducted based on the eye movement measures of 76 staff members obtained by eye movement tracking equipment in combination with the self-rating restoration scale and hospital outdoor rest space picture attributes (element proportion and position, brightness and saturation).ResultsThe differences in eye movement measures of different staff attributes (occupation, age, and gender) were identified, and the effects of hospital outdoor rest space picture attributes on the eye movement measures and self-rating restoration scale of staff were summarized. A number of proposals were also formulated: hospital outdoor rest space should be set up close to the working area of the group of medical staff; attention should be paid to the actual needs of senior staff members and the work pressure of junior nurses; the exposure to natural environment should be increased and the proportion of hard artificial elements should be reduced; the natural environment should be placed in the visual center; the saturation and brightness of hospital outdoor rest space should be increased; and staff members should have access to the sky environment in a variety of ways.ConclusionThe present study is an empirical study of evidence-based design on hospital outdoor rest space in China, and the results reveal the effects of hospital outdoor rest space on the eye movement measures and self-rating restoration of staff.

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“…Moreover, power outage is common in the country so when visiting during those hours, one can see loud generators adding a toxic taint into the air. Whereas one of the most important requirements of users in gardens and open spaces is the availability of "fresh air" (Sachs, 2019), I wonder what amount, if at all, of clean air do these facilities give to the users? As an architect with a growing interest in the use of natural areas, landscapes, and open spaces for the mental health and well-being of users, it is astounding for me to see how the provision of such necessities is commonly lacking from the hospital environments.…”

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COVID-19 and the Need for More Accessible and Designed Hospital Outdoor Spaces in Developing Countries

Iqbal

2021

HERD

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A Breath of Fresh Air: Outdoor Spaces in Healthcare Facilities Can Provide Clean Air and Respite

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Small Garden, Big Impact: Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors to a Rooftop Atrium in a Major Hospital

Small Garden, Big Impact: Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors to a Rooftop Atrium in a Major Hospital

Influence of Hospital Outdoor Rest Space on the Eye Movement Measures and Self-Rating Restoration of Staff

COVID-19 and the Need for More Accessible and Designed Hospital Outdoor Spaces in Developing Countries

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