Background: Previous research highlights the perspectives and experiences of nurses and relatives on the importance of the health facility environment for patient recovery. Nurses perceive noise as a disturbance to patients' rest, which can negatively impact their recovery. Relatives believe that the design of the health facility environment is a crucial factor in patients' recovery process. Aim: To describe how the physical and psychosocial care environment affects patients' recovery in a care department in a hospital environment. Method: The thesis is based on Friberg's description of a general literature review, where eleven nursing articles were analyzed, of which nine had a qualitative approach, one had a mixed approach, and one had a quantitative approach. Results: The health facility environment could promote or prevent patient recovery depending on its design. The article analysis revealed two main themes: factors in the health facility environment that prevent recovery and those that promote it. Patients perceived that the factors in the care environment that affected their recovery were noise, communication, single-bed rooms, a home-like environment, and privacy and autonomy. Conclusion: The patients’ perspective described clarifies how recovery is affected by both psychosocial and physical aspects of the health facility environment. Individuals perceive the environment differently, which is essential for nurses to consider in promoting patient recovery.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-63640 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Hoffmann, Majken, Henze, Ronya |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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