Although noise in indoor environments is considered one of the most important factors affecting health and life quality of users, it is often overlooked during design; several studies highlight how noise pollution in hospitals has increased significantly over the past sixty years, and how exposure to inadequate noise levels causes stress and disturbance for all users.In patients, who represent the most vulnerable group of users within hospitals, excessive noise, especially during the night, is a cause of stress and awakenings that can affect the psychophysical healing process.Interviews conducted with patients highlight that the most disturbing sources of noise that cause awakening during the night are from activities outside the room.In this paper, starting from the typical configuration (two-bed coupled rooms with toilet), different possible configurations of materials and distributive layouts will be shown, in order to contribute to the reduction of noise transmission from the corridor into the patient room.
Patrick Crowley, Alasdair L. Henry, Evelyn Flanagan, Inga Antonsdottir, Alison Bentley, Jonathan Blackman, Donald L. Bliwise, Omonigho M. Bubu, Daniel J. Buysse, Einstein Francisco Camargos, Erin Cassidy‐Eagle, Kimberly A. Côté, Elizabeth Coulthard, A D’Rozario, Colin A. Espie, Ryan S. Falck, Victoria Grace Gabb, Allison G Harvey, Nant Thin Thin Hmwe, Camilla M. Hoyos, Lucy Jobbins, Seán Kennelly, Brianne A. Kent, Sascha Köpke, Andrew D. Krystal, Iracema Leroi, Claudio Liguori, Yen Ying Lim, Rebecca Lorenz, Brendan P. Lucey, Bryce A. Mander, Margaret Moline, Sharon L. Naismith, Adesola Ogunniyi, Penny Rapaport, Charles F. Reynolds, Kathy C. Richards, Catherine Siengsukon, Shireen Sindi, Clifford M. Singer, Anna Wirz‐Justice, Kristine Yaffe, Rónán Ó’Caoimh
Kirsten M. Fiest, Karla D. Krewulak, Carmen Hiploylee, Sean M. Bagshaw, Karen E. A. Burns, Robert Fowler, Maia S. Kredentser, Daniel J. Niven, Kendiss Olafson, Ken Kuljit S. Parhar, Scott Burton Patten, Alison Fox‐Robichaud, Oleksa Rewa, Bram Rochwerg, Krista Spence, Sharon E. Straus, Sean A. Spence, Andrew West, Henry T. Stelfox, Jeanna Parsons Leigh
Discussion(0)
No comments yet. Be the first to comment.