How users find their way in hospitals

Q3 Social Sciences

Information Design Journal Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI:10.1075/idj.24.3.03sil

Kelli C. A. Silva Smythe

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Abstract

This paper presents a study about the information behaviour of users during spatial orientation in a hospital in Brazil. The theoretical basis of the study draws on wayfinding processes, spatial cognition and aspects of human information behaviour. Moreover, the case study reported employed thewib-methodology. The results point out the main behavioural strategies employed by users when finding their way in a hospital, and the information barriers related to the signage and the elements of the built environment. The results ratify the need for a human centred design approach so as to develop effective wayfinding design solutions.

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用户如何在医院找到路

本文对巴西某医院空间定位过程中用户的信息行为进行了研究。该研究的理论基础来自于寻路过程、空间认知和人类信息行为的各个方面。此外，报告的案例研究采用了wib方法。研究结果指出了使用者在医院寻找道路时使用的主要行为策略，以及与标志和建筑环境元素相关的信息障碍。结果证实了以人为本的设计方法的必要性，以便开发有效的寻路设计解决方案。

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Information Design Journal Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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0.70

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期刊介绍： Information Design Journal (IDJ) is a peer reviewed international journal that bridges the gap between research and practice in information design. IDJ is a platform for discussing and improving the design, usability, and overall effectiveness of ‘content put into form’ — of verbal and visual messages shaped to meet the needs of particular audiences. IDJ offers a forum for sharing ideas about the verbal, visual, and typographic design of print and online documents, multimedia presentations, illustrations, signage, interfaces, maps, quantitative displays, websites, and new media. IDJ brings together ways of thinking about creating effective communications for use in contexts such as workplaces, hospitals, airports, banks, schools, or government agencies.