University of Borås, School of Health Sciences, Allégatan 1 SE-501 90 Borås, Sweden.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2012 Jun;28(3):176-84. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.12.003. Epub 2012 Mar 6.
The rooms in Intensive Care Units are considered as high-tech environments and believed to affect recovery process and wellbeing of patients. Moreover, the design and interiors affect the interplay between the patient and the next of kin.
The aim of this study was to describe and interpret the meanings of the intensive care patient room as experienced by next of kin.
Next of kin (n=14) from two different intensive care units participated. Data were collected through photo-voice and analysed using a phenomenological hermeneutical method.
Three major themes emerged; dwelling in the room and time, becoming at home and extension of the room. The results show that the room is perceived as a lived and extended place and space. The design, interiors and furnishing in the patient room are fundamental in shaping the next of kin's experiences in the room and affect wellbeing.
How intensive care patient rooms are designed, the place given to next of kin and the way they are received in the room are decisive for the support given to the loved one. Simple interventions can make the patient room a more healing environment.
重症监护病房的房间被认为是高科技环境，被认为会影响患者的康复过程和幸福感。此外，设计和室内装饰会影响患者和家属之间的相互作用。
本研究旨在描述和解释家属对重症监护病房患者房间的体验和意义。
来自两个不同重症监护病房的 14 名家属参与了研究。通过照片声音收集数据，并使用现象学解释学方法进行分析。
出现了三个主要主题：在房间和时间中居住、在家中和房间的延伸。结果表明，房间被视为一个生活和扩展的地方和空间。患者房间的设计、内饰和家具对家属在房间中的体验以及幸福感有重要影响。
重症监护病房的房间如何设计、给予家属的位置以及他们在房间中的接待方式，对给予所爱的人支持至关重要。简单的干预措施可以使患者房间成为一个更具疗愈效果的环境。
