Quantifying Environmental Priorities: A Weighted Model for Doctors' Workspaces Design

Area of Science:

• Occupational Health
• Environmental Psychology
• Healthcare Management

Background:

• Physicians experience significant workload and stress.
• Optimizing workspaces can improve physician well-being and patient care.
• A theoretical framework for spatial optimization in medical settings is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

• Identify factors in doctors' workspaces influencing emotional regulation.
• Assess the effectiveness of these spatial factors.
• Develop an evaluation framework for workspace optimization.

Main Methods:

• Conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 medical experts.
• Performed qualitative thematic analysis to develop a clustering model.
• Utilized the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with expert evaluations for factor weighting.

Main Results:

• A six-dimensional clustering model for emotional regulation was developed (individual characteristics, spatial, physical, decorative, atmosphere, emotional expressions).
• Four primary categories (spatial dimensions, physical aspects, decorative elements, atmosphere) were identified with assessed relative weights.
• Key factors influencing emotional regulation in doctors' workspaces were identified.

Conclusions:

• Established a clustering model for emotional regulation in medical workspaces.
• The developed evaluation model and factor weights offer practical recommendations for optimizing doctors' environments.
• This research provides a theoretical and practical basis for enhancing physician workspaces.