ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Navigational Needs and Preferences of Hospital Patients and Visitors: What Prospects for Smart Technologies?
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Internet of Things-Based Wayfinding for Hospital Visitors: A Digital Solution for Complex Health Care Infrastructures.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2025Article
- Enhancing the digital adoption in healthcare built environments: a framework for a therapeutic user-based wayfinding system.Frontiers in medical technology · 2025Review
- Voices from the ICU: Perspectives on Humanization in Critical Care Settings.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- A bibliometric analysis of published literature on healthcare facilities' wayfinding research from 1974 to 2020.Heliyon · 2022Review
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- Determinants of the behavioral intention to use a mobile nursing application by nurses in China.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
In this paper, we map navigational needs and preferences of patients and visitors to evaluate the appropriateness of a smartphone navigation application in the hospital in contrast to other, more traditional navigational cues. We test the effects of sociodemographic variables (age, gender, education) on wayfinding strategies and preferences of respondents (using chi2 tests). Empirical research is based on the survey among 928 patients/visitors of the Vítkovice Hospital in Ostrava, Czechia. We found a relatively weak association between gender and wayfinding-no major differences between men and women in navigational preferences were found. Age was the most important predictor of wayfinding. Respondents in the over-60-year age group were characteristic of a lower interest in changes of the navigational system and low willingness to use mobile applications for navigation-people between 41 years and 60 years were the biggest supporters of changes. Correspondingly, demand for improvement of navigation (including a mobile application) was positively correlated with educational level.
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