Impact of Environment on Healing Process in Women’s Hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria : Medical Practitioners’ Perspective
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Design elements, evidence-based design, healing environment, women’s healthcare facilityAbstract
This research investigated the effect of healing environments on patient health outcomes in Women hospitals in Lagos State, Nigeria. It focused on the viewpoints of healthcare practitioners, who play an important role in aiding the healing process to uncover key design elements that improve patient health outcomes. It employed semi-structured interviews with 20 out of estimated study the population of 96 medical practitioners in the six (6) women hospitals, and observation in the investigation. Data were analyzed based on themes and statistical software (SPSS26) for descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that majority of medical practitioners in the hospitals were highly educated females. The buildings which were of diverse configurations, were of two-to-five (2-5) floors Commissioned in the years 1990-2021. Eight elements of the surrounding environment identified by health practitioners that have a positive effect on patients are, a clean surrounding; colours used in hospital; ventilation and quality of the air present; natural and artificial lighting; paintings and decorations; a view of natural elements and interaction with the outdoor; privacy and spatial organization. It further revealed very high-level effect of the identified environmental elements on patients’ healing process in the study area. The paper recommended implementation or improvement (as applicable to each health facility) of identified environmental elements influencing healing process of patients to highest standards in the study area.
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