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Al-Khatri, H, Etri, T and Gadi, M B (2022) User response to indoor thermal environment in female high school buildings in Oman. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 192–212.
Cooper, E, Wang, Y, Stamp, S, Nijsen, T, de Graaf, P, Hofman, J, Inki, T, Driessen, R, Liebmann, J, Geven, I T M, Vervoort, K, La Manna, V P, Valster, S, de Wolf, P, Peltonen, S, Burman, E, Salminen, A, van Galen, R and Mumovic, D (2022) Why do people use portable air purifiers? Evidence from occupant surveys and air quality monitoring in homes in three European cities. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 213–29.
da Silva, M B C, Moschen, S d A, Cecatto, B and Larentis, F (2022) Perceived attributes and dimensions of accessibility in adapted bathrooms. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 60–73.
Engelen, L, Rahmann, M and de Jong, E (2022) Design for healthy ageing – the relationship between design, well-being, and quality of life: a review. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 19–35.
Forooraghi, M, Cobaleda-Cordero, A and Babapour Chafi, M (2022) A healthy office and healthy employees: a longitudinal case study with a salutogenic perspective in the context of the physical office environment. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 134–51.
Galiano-Garrigós, A, Marcos, C L, Kouider, T and Juan Gutiérrez, P J (2022) Reassessing thermal comfort in modern architecture: E.1027 as a case study. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 230–54.
Kevdzija, M and Marquardt, G (2022) Impact of distance on stroke inpatients’ mobility in rehabilitation clinics: a shadowing study. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 74–88.
Porto Valente, C, Morris, A and Wilkinson, S J (2022) Energy poverty, housing and health: the lived experience of older low-income Australians. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 6–18.
Richardson, M and Butler, C W (2022) Nature connectedness and biophilic design. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 36–42.
Saroglou, T, Itzhak-Ben-Shalom, H and Meir, I A (2022) Pedestrian thermal perception: studies around two high-rise buildings in the Mediterranean climate. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 171–91.
Shepley, M M, Peditto, K, Sachs, N A, Pham, Y, Barankevich, R, Crouppen, G and Dresser, K (2022) Staff and resident perceptions of mental and behavioural health environments. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 89–104.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Behavioural health; mental health; psychiatric facility design; staff and patient perceptions; psychiatric residents;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2021.1963653
- Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to explore clinical staff and resident perceptions regarding the importance, as well as effectiveness, of environmental qualities and features in mental and behavioural health (MBH) facilities. The study evaluated inadequacies in environmental attributes, as perceived by staff and residents, in four MBH facilities in the United States. The Psychiatric Staff Environmental Design tool and the Psychiatric Patient Environmental Design tool were used to capture perceptions and facility assessments. We examined the importance of various environmental attributes, the differences between the importance and how effectively these attributes were achieved, and the differences between psychiatric staff and resident responses. The most important qualities for residents were a well-maintained environment and suicide resistance. For staff, the most important qualities were staff safety and security and suicide resistance. Rated across all facilities, staff reported significant differences between importance and effectiveness of environmental attributes (p < .0001) whereas residents did not report differences. Significant differences were found between staff and patient ratings of existing facilities (p = .004), with staff reporting more inadequacies than residents. Findings suggest a strong need for more supportive physical MBH environments, particularly from the perspective of staff. Though residents reported fewer inadequacies, more evidence-based design guidelines for MBH environments are needed.
Soto Muñoz, J, Trebilcock Kelly, M, Flores-Alés, V and Ramírez-Vielma, R (2022) Understanding the perceived productivity of office occupants in relation to workspace thermal environment. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 152–70.
Willems, S, Saelens, D and Heylighen, A (2022) Patient well-being, adaptation of and to indoor conditions, and hospital room design: two mixed methods case studies. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 105–33.
Xie, Q and Yuan, X (2022) Functioning and environment: Exploring outdoor activity-friendly environments for older adults with disabilities in a Chinese long-term care facility. Building Research & Information, 50(01–02), 43–59.