School of Architecture, Key Laboratory of Cold Region Urban and Rural Human Settlement Environment Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, The Bartlett, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Front Public Health. 2022 May 4;10:860976. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.860976. eCollection 2022.
The indoor environmental quality is based on the indoor environmental performance of buildings, such as air temperature, lighting, and acoustics. These parameters have a specific impact on users' health and experience. This study explores the relationship between the indoor environment of residential elderly care facilities in cold regions and the sensitivity of the elderly to these facilities with the aim of improving the elderly care environment. This study measured the acoustic, lighting, and thermal environment in four residential elderly care facilities in Northeast China in spring, summer, autumn, and winter through a participant survey. In the residential elderly care facilities surveyed in this study, brightness and illuminance show a nonlinear relationship with lighting evaluation. With an increase in brightness and illuminance, the satisfaction of the lighting environment in different seasons first increases and then decreases. The relative humidity of the different types of rooms varies greatly in spring and less in winter. The average air quality score of the bedroom is higher than that of the activity room. The correlation between odor assessment and overall indoor environmental quality is very poor. The results of the questionnaire survey indicate that the participants were satisfied with the facilities' overall indoor environmental quality. This quality is affected by physical, environmental, and demographic factors. This study provides a reference for the design of other residential elderly care facilities.
室内环境质量基于建筑物的室内环境性能，例如空气温度、照明和声学。这些参数对用户的健康和体验有特定的影响。本研究探讨了寒冷地区住宅老年护理设施的室内环境与老年人对这些设施的敏感性之间的关系，旨在改善老年护理环境。本研究通过参与者调查，在春季、夏季、秋季和冬季测量了中国东北地区四个住宅老年护理设施的声学、照明和热环境。在本研究中调查的住宅老年护理设施中，亮度和照度与照明评估呈非线性关系。随着亮度和照度的增加，不同季节的照明环境满意度先增加后减少。不同类型房间的相对湿度在春季变化很大，冬季则较少。卧室的平均空气质量评分高于活动室。气味评估与整体室内环境质量之间的相关性非常差。问卷调查的结果表明，参与者对设施的整体室内环境质量感到满意。这种质量受到身体、环境和人口统计学因素的影响。本研究为其他住宅老年护理设施的设计提供了参考。
