Re-Imagining Hospital Patient Room Design for People After stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study Using Virtual Reality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The hospital's physical environment can impact health and well-being. Patients spend most of their time in their hospital rooms. However, little experimental evidence supports specific physical design variables in these rooms, particularly for people poststroke. The study aimed to explore the influence of patient room design variables modeled in virtual reality using a controlled experimental design.

Methods

Adults within 3 years of stroke who had spent >2 nights in hospital for stroke and were able to consent were included (Melbourne, Australia). Using a factorial design, we immersed participants in 16 different virtual hospital patient rooms in both daytime and nighttime conditions, systematically varying design attributes: patient room occupancy, social connect

SUBMITTER: Shannon MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11198961 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature