Outdoor environments in healthcare settings: A quality evaluation tool for use in designing healthcare gardens

Bengtsson, Anna; Grahn, Patrik

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.007

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“…Biodiversity plans include species and habitat mapping in conjunction with students in UCC and restoration of natural areas to provide accessible green space for patients and the public. This serves a dual function, both environmental and well-being, since increasing green spaces and biodiversity in hospitals has been linked to improved recovery and rehabilitation (Bengtsson and Grahn, 2014). Waste generation and resource consumption increase the longer a patient spends in hospital.…”

Section: Water Travel and Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Greening healthcare: systematic implementation of environmental programmes in a university teaching hospital

Ryan-Fogarty

O’Regan

Moles

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Water Travel and Biodiversitymentioning

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Greening healthcare: systematic implementation of environmental programmes in a university teaching hospital

Ryan-Fogarty

O’Regan

Moles

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…For example, one participant was afraid that his/her wheelchair would tip backwards, while another talked about the risk that his/her walker would get stuck in the gravel. According to Bengtsson and Grahn (), some important qualities are required to feel comfortable in the outdoor environment at RCFs. For example, level, slip‐resistant, glare‐free walking surfaces help to minimise falls and walkways and are designed to support balance and coordination (Bengtsson & Grahn, ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ use and perceptions of residential care facility gardens: A behaviour mapping and conversation study

Dahlkvist

Engström

Nilsson

2019

Int J Older People Nursing

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Aim:To describe the gardens and their use by individuals living at residential care facilities (RCFs) with high ratings on restorative values.Background: Being outdoors has been described as important to older people's wellbeing. Use of outdoor gardens may increase residents' well-being through experiences of restorative qualities such as being away and fascination. Thus far, there has been little research on restorative experiences of gardens in the care of older people.Design: A descriptive design using behaviour mapping observations integrated with qualitative field notes and recorded conversations. Methods:A criterion sampling of two gardens (out of a total of 87) was made based on residents' ratings of restorative values; the two with the highest values were chosen. Eleven residents at the two RCFs took part. Data were collected through behaviour mapping observations, field notes and conversations on five occasions in the respective facilities during residents' visits to the garden. Results:The observations revealed that the main uses of the gardens were to socialise and relax. The conversations also showed that the garden stimulated residents' senses and evoked memories from the past. These restorative values were interpreted as a sense of being away and fascination. Not having opportunities for outdoor visits was reported to result in disappointment and reduced well-being. Conclusions:The findings showed that two basic gardens with different characteristics and views could stimulate residents' senses and evoke memories from the past; this supports the call for residents to be able to spend time in gardens to promote their well-being.Implications for practice: First-line managers, nurses and healthcare staff in the care of older people should consider that regular opportunities to spend time outdoors may promote older people's well-being through feelings of being away and fascination. K E Y W O R D Sbehaviour mapping, gardens, health, nurses, older people, residential facilities

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“…For example, using the geographic information system and area-aggregated self report assessment approaches, studies showed how availability of these characteristics in nearby neighbourhoods could be associated with their residents' higher psychological health benefits (Annerstedt et al 2012;De Jong et al 2011). Research conducted in nature-based therapy has demonstrated how the outdoor environment with these salutary features can serve as therapeutic landscapes for stress recovery and rehabilitation (Bengtsson and Grahn 2014). The association of PSDs with evaluation of perceived restorativeness have been supported in urban open spaces Peschardt and Stigsdotter (2013) and in eliciting of restorative responses in the forest environments Stigsdotter et al (2017).…”

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Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

Malekinezhad¹,

H²

2017

Preprint

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Salutogenic landscape with its health-promoting qualities is a solution for ever-increasing problem of stress for university students as a vulnerable group. Based on nature related theories, natural environments could have a salutary effect on psychological restoration through stress alleviation. There is a body of research on investigating the impact of open green space characteristics for increasing of psychological restoration through framework of attention restoration theory and supportive environment theory. However, there is little knowledge on how the interaction among these characteristics could promote perceived restoration experience (PRE). To address this problem, using perceived sensory dimension (PSD) for open green space qualities and Perceived Restorativeness (PR) as properties of restorative environments, this study assessed the extent to which the PSD and PR impact on PRE. Using 444 screened data, the mediation effect of PR on the association of PSD to PRE is shown as well as the validity and reliability of proposed relationships. 'Serene', 'space', 'prospect', 'rich in species' and 'nature' were the most influential PSDs on PRE through their higher effect on perceived characteristics of 'fascination' and 'compatibility'. These results provide information within landscape architecture and planning to promote the development of open spaces as resources for psychological restoration and stress relief.

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Outdoor environments in healthcare settings: A quality evaluation tool for use in designing healthcare gardens

Cited by 76 publications

References 19 publications

Greening healthcare: systematic implementation of environmental programmes in a university teaching hospital

Greening healthcare: systematic implementation of environmental programmes in a university teaching hospital

Residents’ use and perceptions of residential care facility gardens: A behaviour mapping and conversation study

Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

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