Identifying stress reduction factors in built environment through medical staff involvement
Physical environment factors in healthcare facilities play an important role in user health and wellbeing, especially among healthcare workers. This research studies the problems, prioritization, and in-depth details of each physical environment factor that affects the stress levels of medical staff...
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| author | Tanut Waroonkun Karn Wejaphikul Supuck van der Hoeven Jutamat Chotirat Nitchakarn Pittayaporn |
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| description | Physical environment factors in healthcare facilities play an important role in user health and wellbeing, especially among healthcare workers. This research studies the problems, prioritization, and in-depth details of each physical environment factor that affects the stress levels of medical staff. It also seeks to involve medical staff in identifying the built environment factors that influence their stress levels. An examination and comparison of the physical environment factors that affect the mental health and stress of out-patient and pediatric ward staff will also be presented. A three-step data collection process was used: physical environment observation using a checklist, a survey using an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) questionnaire, and individual interviews. Data were collected from 16 medical staff in the pediatric out-patient ward and 17 medical staff in medicine out-patient ward. The observational findings showed that the two out-patient wards had similar environmental problems. AHP ranking findings illustrate that acoustics, privacy, and accessibility were issues of concern for both out-patient ward medical staff. Four different themes emerged from the analysis of the medical staff interviews. Two design recommendations are made to reduce medical staff stress: improving the working environment to decrease stress and improving space management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6000ef8659324d739f7b809739d8fdc22025-01-07T08:50:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Built Environment2297-33622025-01-011010.3389/fbuil.2024.14735601473560Identifying stress reduction factors in built environment through medical staff involvementTanut Waroonkun0Karn Wejaphikul1Supuck van der Hoeven2Jutamat Chotirat3Nitchakarn Pittayaporn4Faculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, ThailandDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, ThailandFaculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, ThailandFaculty of Architecture, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandFaculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, ThailandPhysical environment factors in healthcare facilities play an important role in user health and wellbeing, especially among healthcare workers. This research studies the problems, prioritization, and in-depth details of each physical environment factor that affects the stress levels of medical staff. It also seeks to involve medical staff in identifying the built environment factors that influence their stress levels. An examination and comparison of the physical environment factors that affect the mental health and stress of out-patient and pediatric ward staff will also be presented. A three-step data collection process was used: physical environment observation using a checklist, a survey using an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) questionnaire, and individual interviews. Data were collected from 16 medical staff in the pediatric out-patient ward and 17 medical staff in medicine out-patient ward. The observational findings showed that the two out-patient wards had similar environmental problems. AHP ranking findings illustrate that acoustics, privacy, and accessibility were issues of concern for both out-patient ward medical staff. Four different themes emerged from the analysis of the medical staff interviews. Two design recommendations are made to reduce medical staff stress: improving the working environment to decrease stress and improving space management.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2024.1473560/fullmedical staffenvironmentinvolvementstress reductionoutpatient clinic |
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| title | Identifying stress reduction factors in built environment through medical staff involvement |
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