The influence of the hospital environment on hospitalized people with cancer and their interpersonal interaction needs to be acknowledged by healthcare professionals. In addition, evidence-based hospital design must include research into patient preferences and arguments. Further investigation is needed.

On the basis of the study, it was hypothesised that a prejudice-free, individually accepting and supporting intervention must be provided for each family over time to ensure successful weight loss.

Hospitalized patients experienced interaction with fellow patients to be of great significance. We suggest that knowledge of patients' interaction is to be included in the nursing education and that nurses reflect on how this knowledge may be implemented as a part of caring in nursing.

Learning from exchanges of experiences with fellow patients provided a better understanding about the disease and was valued because it was first-hand knowledge. Patients' personal experience of disease is an underused resource in nursing.

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