Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of
the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in …

Background The satisfaction of healthcare facilities' occupants is a crucial measure of
healthcare quality and a requirement for the clinical and financial success of healthcare …

The capacity of urban parks to contribute to soundscape restorativeness, understood here
as contributions to people's recovery from attentional fatigue and reflection on life issues, is …

Purpose The first half of this paper documents the role of nature in healthcare environments
and its impact on wellness, with a particular focus on gardens. The second half presents a …

Context Pain is a primary reason individuals attend an Emergency Department (ED), and its
management is a concern. Objectives Change in symptoms and physiologic variables at 3 …

Previous studies have examined the restorative benefits of soundscapes on adults' cognitive
performance, but it was unclear whether those benefits would be possible for children. In this …

Sound and its resulting soundscape is a major appraisal component of the living
environment. Where environmental sounds (eg, outdoor traffic sounds) are often perceived …

Numerous studies have examined the connection between indoor environmental quality
(IEQ) and health in various healthcare settings. However, it remains uncertain whether these …

Smart patient rooms are arriving; however, their value has yet to be explored. We
interviewed 20 patients in a rehabilitation hospital, which has patient rooms equipped with …

A growing number of soundscape studies involving audiovisual factors have been
conducted; however, their bimodal and interactive effects on indoor soundscape evaluations …