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Rehabilitation environments: Service users' perspective.

Maggie Killington1,2, Dean Fyfe3, Allan Patching4

  • 1Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.

Health Expectations : an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
|January 12, 2019
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Rehabilitation environment design should prioritize patient and carer input for better physical activity, social interaction, and psychological well-being. Incorporating user insights leads to more effective healing spaces.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Design
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Patient-Centered Care

Background:

  • Current rehabilitation environment design often overlooks the perspectives of patients and informal carers.
  • There's a recognized need to integrate user insights into designing spaces that promote physical activity, social interaction, and psychological well-being during recovery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore patient, informal carer, and staff perceptions of rehabilitation environments.
  • To identify key design aspects that influence rehabilitation outcomes and user experience.

Main Methods:

  • A qualitative exploratory study involving interviews with 54 patients and 23 informal carers.
  • Focus groups were conducted with 90 rehabilitation staff across three South Australian health services.
Keywords:
buildingscarerschoicescliniciansconsumersenvironmentsoutsidepatientsrehabilitationwell-being

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  • Thematic analysis of pooled data was performed using NVivo 11 software.

    • Main Results:

    • Four major themes emerged: limited choice in wards, the importance of outdoor access for well-being, environmental facilitation of socialization, and the need for ward configuration to align with the model of care.
    • Environments offering more choice and access led to greater user enthusiasm.
    • Restrictive environments were accepted until alternatives were considered.

    Conclusions:

    • Future architectural design must incorporate the perceptions of diverse service users to meet complex patient needs.
    • Ward design should actively facilitate the optimal rehabilitation model of care by considering user experiences.