{"title":"My (Brief) Foray Into AI (Artificial Intelligence).","authors":"Ellen Taylor","doi":"10.1177/19375867231211322","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231211322","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Could Spatial Awareness Affect Situation Awareness: A Conceptual Examination.","authors":"Hamed Yekita, Debajyoti Pati, D Kirk Hamilton","doi":"10.1177/19375867231192116","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231192116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between situation awareness (SA) and the physical environment in patient rooms through building a conceptual model.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurses work in very complicated and dynamic environments where having high levels of SA could be critical for their performance. Studies have also shown that nurses' awareness of the physical environment and patient room is a part of their awareness of dynamic situations in which nurses' spatial awareness may play a role in SA. Despite literature outlining the importance of SA, there is a lack of studies exploring the relationship between the two.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A literature review was conducted for the study from nursing and psychology databases. Thirty-three articles, books, and dissertations from a scoping review were included for in-depth review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An in-depth review of the harvested literature indicated that there is in fact a relationship between these two phenomena. Founded on Endsley's model of SA, the literature review in this study offers a conceptual model that articulates a plausible causal pathway between the physical environment and SA.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There are a lot of studies focusing on SA and various aspects of it related to nursing, but almost none mention the physical environment and its impact on SA. The current inquiry suggests that spatial awareness plays a prominent role in SA.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10044369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Davis Harte, Athena Sheehan, Susan Stewart, Maralyn Foureur
{"title":"Application of the Childbirth Supporter Study to Advance the Birth Unit Design Spatial Evaluation Tool.","authors":"J Davis Harte, Athena Sheehan, Susan Stewart, Maralyn Foureur","doi":"10.1177/19375867231177304","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231177304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Translational research to advance design criteria and apply the Childbirth Supporter Study (CSS) findings to practice.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The physical design of birth environments has not undergone substantial improvements in layout or ambiance since the initial move to hospitals. Cooperative, continuously present childbirth supporters are beneficial and are an expectation for most modern birth practices, yet the built environment does not offer support for the supporter.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To advance design criteria, we use a comparative case study approach to create translational findings. Specifically, CSS findings were used as indicators to advance the Birth Unit Design Spatial Evaluation Tool (BUDSET) design characteristics in pursuit of better support for childbirth supporters in the built hospital birth environment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This comparative case study provides eight new BUDSET design domain suggestions to benefit the supporter-woman dyad, and subsequently the baby and care providers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Research-informed design imperatives are needed to guide the inclusion of childbirth supporters as both a supporter and as an individual in the birth space. Increased understanding of relationships between specific design features and childbirth supporters' experiences and reactions are provided. Suggestions to enhance the applicability of the BUDSET for birth unit design facility development are made, specifically ones that will better accommodate childbirth supporters.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9667273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internal but Not External Building Design Associated With More Occupational Physical Activity.","authors":"Jacob Gallagher, Lucas J Carr","doi":"10.1177/19375867231192117","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231192117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Few studies have explored the impact of internal building design features on physical activity. The purpose of this study is to determine building design features associate with physical activity and sedentary behaviors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Full-time workers (<i>n</i> = 114) wore an ActivPal monitor for 4 work days to measure physical activity and sedentary behaviors. Participants completed a 25-item survey about the presence of external, internal, and staircase design features at their worksite. Participants also reported their desk type. General linear models were used to examine relations between the number of features present for each category and physical activity (steps per hour) and sedentary behavior (sitting time per hour).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Internal design scores were positively associated with occupational physical activity. Each single item increase in facilitating internal design features was associated with +64.5 steps/hr (<i>p</i> = .045) at work. Workers who reported having a desk job walked 538 fewer steps/hr (<i>p</i> < .01) and sat 17 min more/hr at work than workers who reported not having a desk.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results suggest that internal design features can promote more movement and less sitting at work. Future studies that examine the longitudinal effect of changing internal design features on occupational physical activity and sedentary behaviors are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10325989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fereshteh Sadeghpoor, Ehsan Ranjbar, Maryam Esmaeilinasab, Mir Hojjat Seyed Valiloo, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen
{"title":"Streets and Stress: A Pilot Study on How Quality and Design of Streets Impacts on Urban Stress.","authors":"Fereshteh Sadeghpoor, Ehsan Ranjbar, Maryam Esmaeilinasab, Mir Hojjat Seyed Valiloo, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen","doi":"10.1177/19375867231200584","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231200584","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify how quality and design of streets impacts urban stress.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Few studies have comprehensively addressed environmental factors affecting stress in urban public spaces. However, a remarkable portion of our everyday life is spent in public spaces, particularly streets.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study seeks to evaluate the effect of three types of streets as major public spaces on stress. These include a street with the dominance of green spaces (A), a motorist-oriented street (B), and a pedestrian street (C). For this purpose, we selected a group of participants (<i>n</i> = 16) aged 20-30, with an equal number of men and women who were generally healthy and had normal stress levels. Participants were asked to wear an electroencephalogram (EEG) headset, walk different streets, and answer the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) and urban design qualities questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>According to the results, participants experienced the highest stress in street type B and the lowest in type A.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Green space and vegetation, a sense of security, privacy and coziness, climatic comfort, and safety of space had the most positive effect on stress reduction. Whereas noise pollution, vehicle traffic, and crowdedness were the most critical factors of stress. Finally, our findings suggest that the component of green space has a more significant effect on stress reduction compared with the elimination of vehicle traffic.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10704892/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41139660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soheyla MohammadiGorji, Anjali Joseph, Sahar Mihandoust, Seyedmohammad Ahmadshahi, David Allison, Ken Catchpole, David Neyens, James H Abernathy
{"title":"Anesthesia Workspaces for Safe Medication Practices: Design Guidelines.","authors":"Soheyla MohammadiGorji, Anjali Joseph, Sahar Mihandoust, Seyedmohammad Ahmadshahi, David Allison, Ken Catchpole, David Neyens, James H Abernathy","doi":"10.1177/19375867231190646","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231190646","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Studies show that workspace for the anesthesia providers is prone to interruptions and distractions. Anesthesia providers experience difficulties while performing critical medication tasks such as medication preparation and administration due to poor ergonomics and configurations of workspace, equipment clutter, and limited space which ultimately may impact patient safety, length of surgery, and cost of care delivery. Therefore, improving design of anesthesia workspace for supporting safe and efficient medication practices is paramount.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of this study was to develop a set of evidence-based design guidelines focusing on design of anesthesia workspace to support safer anesthesia medication tasks in operating rooms (ORs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data collection was based on literature review, observation, and coding of more than 30 prerecorded videos of outpatient surgical procedures to identify challenges experienced by anesthesia providers while performing medication tasks. Guidelines were then reviewed and validated using short survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings are summarized into seven evidence-based design guidelines, including (1) locate critical tasks within a primary field of vision, (2) eliminate travel into and through the anesthesia zone (for other staff), (3) identify and demarcate a distinct anesthesia zone with adequate space for the anesthesia provider, (4) optimize the ability to reposition/reconfigure the anesthesia workspace, (5) minimize clutter from equipment, (6) provide adequate and appropriately positioned surfaces for medication preparation and administration, and (7) optimize task and surface lighting.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study finds many areas for improving design of ORs. Improvements of anesthesia work area will call for contribution and cooperation of entire surgical team.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9962636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky, Ummesalmah Abdulbaseer
{"title":"Capturing the Work of Patients' Family Members in the Medical Intensive Care Unit Using Naturalistic Observations.","authors":"Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky, Ummesalmah Abdulbaseer","doi":"10.1177/19375867231190620","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231190620","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The contributions of cognitive and behavioral work of patients' family members in intensive care units remain largely unrecognized.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to develop a framework of outwardly observable family work, with specific focus on describing the physical space.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted approximately 50 hrs of naturalistic observations of family activities on a medical intensive care unit (MICU) at a large, Midwestern teaching hospital.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We created a framework of activities that include <i>requesting</i>, <i>receiving</i>, or <i>delivering</i> either <i>information</i> or <i>action</i>, along with examples. Further, we identified clinician and staff roles with whom families interact and characterized the physical spaces in which interactions take place.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Knowledge contribution is a proposed framework of family activities in the MICU. It has the potential to guide and be further described by future research and to inform development of human-centered family-facing interventions to support cognitive and behavioral cognitive and behavioral work.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9962638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Debra Harris, Erich Baker, Jan Svacina, LesLee Funderburk
{"title":"A Systematic Approach to Evidence-Based Design for Measurable Health and Wellness Outcomes: Curating and Translating Evidence to Practice.","authors":"Debra Harris, Erich Baker, Jan Svacina, LesLee Funderburk","doi":"10.1177/19375867231209335","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231209335","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Evaluating evidence from peer-review literature for use in evidence-based design is often challenging for the design disciplines, requiring access to the peer-reviewed literature, expertise in evaluating methods and findings, and translating the results into actionable design and operational recommendations.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this methods paper is to elucidate the process for systematic evaluation of research to translate evidence into practical application to improve design for occupant health and wellness.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Researchers have found strong connections in environmental design influence on health and wellness that have proven to be substantiative in the effort to improve health and well-being. Design has the capacity to encourage healthy choices and decisions within the built environment. Translation of evidence into applied design solutions may improve public health.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A protocol is presented that culminates in the translation of evidence into design recommendations focused on improving occupant health. The protocol includes preparation for the literature search and review, search strategy, study selection, data analysis, and development of the literature review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After evaluation of the evidence is completed, there were several positive findings in the example that stakeholders could utilize to improve the health of building occupants with programs and design to support nutrition, physical activity, and circadian entrainment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There are a variety of software tools and processes to utilize in the curation of evidence to improve the built environment with relevant design recommendations and operational considerations affecting the personal, social, and economic health of our society.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71427774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Impact of Birthing Room Design on Maternal Childbirth Experience: Results From the Room4Birth Randomized Trial\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/19375867231199746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867231199746","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138805849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing for Hope: Biophilic Color Associations and Their Relevance to Clinical Settings.","authors":"Thomas Mark Edwards","doi":"10.1177/19375867231173410","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19375867231173410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To consider one common aspect of biophilic design (BD; i.e., color) and its relationship to an important element of well-being (i.e., hope).</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>BD is multifaceted making the identification of critical design elements difficult. Further complexity is introduced given that practice assumptions stemming from the biophilia hypothesis may be questioned. Consistent with the biophilia hypothesis, the author considers the study's findings from the perspectives of evolutionary psychology and psychobiology.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>One hundred and fifty four adult participants engaged in one of the three experiments. Using colored test cards, Experiment #1 sought to determine which of four biophilic colors (i.e., red, yellow, green, or blue) evoked the strongest experience of hope. Considering this color alone, Experiment #2 sought to manipulate \"color depth.\" Participants were asked to identify what color depth evoked the strongest experience of hope. Experiment #3 sought to determine if the outcomes of Experiments #1 and #2 were due to a priming effect. All participants were asked about color associations they held.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Experiments #1 and #2 demonstrated that yellow at maximal color depth evoked the strongest experience of hope (<i>p</i> < .001). Experiment #3 demonstrated that no priming effect was evident (<i>p</i> < .05). No participant had a strong personal preference for/against yellow. Natural world color associations existed for yellow, green, and blue. Red held emotive associations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings clearly associate yellow with hope. From the perspectives of evolutionary psychology and psychobiology this suggests color cues can evoke time-dependent motive states. Implications for practitioners designing <i>spaces of hope</i> within healthcare facilities are considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":47306,"journal":{"name":"Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9847919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}