Moss Hilary, O'Neill Desmond
National Centre for Arts and Health, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Centre for Ageing, Neurosciences and the Humanities, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
J Adv Nurs. 2014 Jan;70(1):121-9. doi: 10.1111/jan.12175. Epub 2013 Jun 3.
To describe the aesthetic and cultural pursuits of older patients in hospital.
Although there is much discussion of the importance of arts - used in this paper to refer to all art forms, as currently listed by the Arts Council of Ireland www.artscouncil.ie - in health, little is known about the salience of aesthetic and cultural pursuits of hospital patients.
A qualitative, hermeneutic phenomenological study examined artistic and cultural interests and experiences of older hospital patients and their perceptions of aesthetics of hospital.
A phenomenological study was carried out in 2011, using purposeful sampling with 20 inpatients aged over 65. Patients were selected from the geriatric medicine day hospital of a university teaching hospital, 10 had experience of the hospital arts programme.
Seven themes identified: loss and the impact of illness on leisure activities; patients' interests and passions; a lack of expectation of arts in hospital; the positive impact of arts in hospital for those who had experienced them; varying preference between receptive and participative arts activity according to phase of illness; aesthetic aspects of the hospital experience; recommendations for changes to improve arts in hospital.
Aesthetic and cultural interests are important in the lives of older patients admitted to hospital. Illness can create barriers to artistic engagement. Participation in arts activities may be more important during recovery and rehabilitation, with receptive arts being more popular during the acute phase of illness in hospital. Further research recommended on the role of the aesthetic environment for patients' health and well-being as well as receptive arts in hospital.
描述住院老年患者的审美和文化追求。
尽管关于艺术（本文中用于指代所有艺术形式，如爱尔兰艺术委员会目前在www.artscouncil.ie上列出的那样）在健康领域的重要性已有诸多讨论，但对于住院患者审美和文化追求的重要性却知之甚少。
一项定性的诠释现象学研究，考察了老年住院患者的艺术和文化兴趣与经历，以及他们对医院美学的看法。
2011年开展了一项现象学研究，采用目的抽样法选取了20名65岁以上的住院患者。患者选自一所大学教学医院的老年医学日间医院，其中10人有参与医院艺术项目的经历。
确定了七个主题：丧失及疾病对休闲活动的影响；患者的兴趣和爱好；对医院艺术的期望缺失；艺术对有相关经历的患者在医院产生的积极影响；根据疾病阶段，对接受性艺术活动和参与性艺术活动的偏好各异；医院体验的美学方面；对改善医院艺术的变革建议。
审美和文化兴趣在住院老年患者的生活中很重要。疾病可能会给艺术参与造成障碍。在康复阶段，参与艺术活动可能更为重要，而在住院疾病急性期，接受性艺术更受欢迎。建议进一步研究审美环境对患者健康和幸福的作用以及医院中的接受性艺术。
