Kids' Perceptions toward Children's Ward Healing Environments: A Case Study of Taiwan University Children's Hospital.

ABSTRACT: This paper summarizes the opinions of experts who participated in designing the environment of a children's hospital and reports the results of a questionnaire survey conducted among hospital users. The grounded theory method was adopted to analyze 292 concepts, 79 open codes, 25 axial codes, and 4 selective codes; in addition, confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis were performed to identify elements for designing a healing environment in a children's hospital, and 21 elements from 4 dimensions, namely, emotions, space design, interpersonal interaction, and pleasant surroundings, were determined. Subsequently, this study examined the perceptions of 401 children at National Taiwan University Children's Hospital. The results revealed that, regarding the children's responses t

SUBMITTER: Woo JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5072350 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature