Maremat & Me'mari-e Iran
Art University of Isfahan
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Until now, patients' subjective well-being in the process of treatment has gained considerable attention in scientific research. In therapeutic environments, beside a set of effective factors on patients' subjective well-being, the architectural design of the therapeutic centers is also significant. Architectural designing of therapeutic centers and hospitals are remarkable because of their important role in health, hygiene and healing of community. Designer’s ignorance of the factors related to the well-being of the patients in hospital designing may cause some dysfunctional behaviors and additionally slow down the healing process of the patients. A sense of well-being is a sort of emotional state accompanied with a number of internal and external variables. The aim of the authors working on this subject includes those parts of the factors related to architecture, designed type, and environmental quality which are effective in enhancing the patients' well-being. Therefore, this research seeks to answer this question:" what are the mental components related to architecture in promoting the Subjective Well-being of patients in hospital design? With this motivation, the following case study used Q methodology to identify the effective factors of hospital architectural design in enhancing patients' subjective well-being. Q method is an exploratory approach that combines qualitative and quantitative techniques. At first, the psychoanalysis, performed by means of Q methodology was executed on the staff with more than ten years working experiences. Then, the obtained results were compared, revealing the presence of two important effective factors at Razi Hospital of Rasht, Iran. Identifying the subjectivity of the staff of a therapeutic environment due to its direct and long term relationship with patients and also discovering the patients’ subjectivity, is an abundant source of identifying those factors that can be effective in decreasing the anxieties and enhancing the well-being of the patients. Razi Hospital of Rasht, has been selected as a case study for this research. Many reasons including: The problems related to the well-being of the patients in this hospital, the easy accessibility of the place, and a sense of cooperation among the staff of the hospital led the author to select Razi Hospital as a case in this study. Results showed thah, one group of staff considered issues related to the visual quality of hospital architectural environment as the effective factors enhancing patient’s subjective well-being. In contrast, the other group who had a functional mindset, considered the physical concern of the hospital environments as far more important factors. Consensus the agreed and distinguishing statements between the two groups of staff, the study also revealed correspondences and contrasts between the different groups. The present study has been conducted to attract the therapeutic center designer’s attention about the necessity of enhancing the subjective well-being of patients by hospital architectural design. Designers’ attention of the factors of patients’ subjective well-being, of factors agreed upon by the audiences of the research, and also, of the statements disagreed upon by the different groups will lead in enhancing the level of subjective well-being and will accelerate the process of healing in patients.
Article number: 154
Type of Study: Research original/ Regular Article |
Subject:
معماري و شهرسازي
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