Falk Hanna, Wijk Helle, Persson Lars-Olof
Institute of Health and Care Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, Goteborg S-405 30, Sweden.
Health Place. 2009 Sep;15(3):687-94. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.11.004. Epub 2008 Dec 7.
This study was conducted to follow a refurbishment aimed at enhancing the supportiveness of the physical environment in two Swedish residential care facilities. Significant differences between intervention and equivalent reference groups were found for quality of life (p=0.007) and wellbeing (p=0.02, 0.01) indicating a deterioration for the intervention group. These results suggest that residential care facilities residents are more frail and sensitive to change than has been assumed. This needs to be considered when facilities accommodating the elderly need refurbishment. It also indicates that interior design features alone have little importance for the care climate in nursing homes.
本研究旨在跟踪一项翻新工程,该工程旨在提高瑞典两家养老院物理环境的支持性。干预组与同等参照组在生活质量(p = 0.007)和幸福感(p = 0.02,0.01)方面存在显著差异,这表明干预组情况恶化。这些结果表明,养老院居民比预期的更脆弱,对变化更敏感。在需要翻新老年人居住设施时,这一点需要加以考虑。这也表明,仅靠室内设计特点对养老院的护理环境影响不大。