Being a patient in a strange and unknown environment is sometimes very stressful. Research has shown that a healthpromoting environment can reduce anxiety and enhance wellbeing and views of nature can support this. Th...Being a patient in a strange and unknown environment is sometimes very stressful. Research has shown that a healthpromoting environment can reduce anxiety and enhance wellbeing and views of nature can support this. This low-cost intervention wasperformed at a heart surgery intensive care unit.The aim was to use a simple method to improve the health care environment and tomonitor the experiences of patients and staf~ Two patients share the same room at the 1CU. The beds can be separated by roller shadesthat are plain grey and neutral. These were changed to new ones with nature motives. Questionnaires with fixed and open questionswere used for evaluation among patients and staff. Patients treated in an ICU seem to be aware of the surrounding environment even ifthey are severely ill. Both patients and staff stated that the roller shades with motive affected wellbeing in a positive way. An estheticalpleasing environment can contribute to wellbeing even if the effort is small and insignificant. Roller shades with nature motive might bean easy way to improve and strengthen a health promoting environment.展开更多
文摘Being a patient in a strange and unknown environment is sometimes very stressful. Research has shown that a healthpromoting environment can reduce anxiety and enhance wellbeing and views of nature can support this. This low-cost intervention wasperformed at a heart surgery intensive care unit.The aim was to use a simple method to improve the health care environment and tomonitor the experiences of patients and staf~ Two patients share the same room at the 1CU. The beds can be separated by roller shadesthat are plain grey and neutral. These were changed to new ones with nature motives. Questionnaires with fixed and open questionswere used for evaluation among patients and staff. Patients treated in an ICU seem to be aware of the surrounding environment even ifthey are severely ill. Both patients and staff stated that the roller shades with motive affected wellbeing in a positive way. An estheticalpleasing environment can contribute to wellbeing even if the effort is small and insignificant. Roller shades with nature motive might bean easy way to improve and strengthen a health promoting environment.
