Lighting the Patient Room of the Future: Evaluating Different Lighting Conditions for Performing Typical Nursing Tasks
| Autor: | Gabrielle C. Campiglia, Robert G. Davis, Craig Zimring, Ethan Graves, Jennifer R. DuBose, Andrea M. Wilkerson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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030504 nursing
Computer science 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050109 social psychology Nursing Staff Hospital Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Hospitals 03 medical and health sciences Patient room Work (electrical) Patients' Rooms medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences In patient Patient Care Medical emergency 0305 other medical science Lighting |
| Zdroj: | HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. 14:234-253 |
| ISSN: | 2167-5112 1937-5867 |
| Popis: | Purpose: This study explores how aspects of lighting in patient rooms are experienced and evaluated by nurses while performing simulated work under various lighting conditions. The lighting conditions studied represent design standards consistent with different environments of care—traditional, contemporary, and future. Background: Recent advances in lighting research and technology create opportunities to use lighting in hospital rooms to improve everyday experience and provide researchers with opportunities to explore a new set of research questions about the effects of lighting on patients, guests, and staff. This study focuses on the experience of nurses delivering simulated patient care. Method: Perceptions of each of the 13 lighting conditions were evaluated by nurses using rating scales for difficulty of task completion, comfort, intensity, appropriateness of the lighting color, and naturalness of the lighting during the task. The nurses’ ratings were analyzed alongside qualitative reflections to provide insight into their responses. Results: Significant differences were found for several a priori hypotheses. Interesting findings provide insight into lighting to support circadian synchronization, lighting at night, the distribution of light in the patient room and the use of multiple lighting zones, and the use of colored lighting. Conclusion: The results of this study provide insight into potential benefits and concerns of these new features for patient room lighting systems and reveal gaps in the existing evidence base that can inform future investigations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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