Iranian study highlights youngsters' preferences.

According to Professor Sanaz Litkouhi, Ph.D, an assistant professor of architecture at the Payam-Noor University of Tehran, the general lack of emphasis on providing suitable activity facilities in children's hospitals affects both recovering child patients' state of mind and the overall healing process. This paper describes a recent questionnaire-based study which gauged the views of adolescents and younger children on the current shortcomings and space issues in children's hospitals in Iran, with the responses then used to develop future design and planning guidelines.