Impact of the hospital built environment on treatment satisfaction of psychiatric in-patients.
CONCLUSIONS: As hospitals are among the most expensive facilities to build, their design should be guided by research evidence. Two design features can potentially improve patient satisfaction: family rooms off wards and mixed-sex wards. This evidence should be considered when designing or renovating psychiatric facilities.
PMID: 33087185 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychological Medicine - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jovanović N, Miglietta E, Podlesek A, Malekzadeh A, Lasalvia A, Campbell J, Priebe S Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research
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