ReviewInternational journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society2022
Why hospital design matters: A narrative review of built environments research relevant to stroke care.
Review in International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Research Gaps in the Built Environment of Inpatient Healthcare Settings.HERD · 2024Pooled it
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- Ending the single versus multi-bedroom debate: Hybrid rooms meet stroke rehabilitation needs.PloS one · 2026Article
- "We Do Not Seem to Have Geriatric Wards": A Qualitative Analysis of Gaps in Healthcare Access Among Older Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Health science reports · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Impact of the Emergency Department Built Environment on Physician Workplace Stress: A Qualitative Study Utilizing High-Fidelity Virtual Reality.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2025Article
- The hidden dangers in routine medical complaints: uncovering patient harm.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Economic Argument for Innovative Design From Valuing Patient-Centered Stroke Rehabilitation.HERD · 2025Article
- Facilitators and barriers to physical activity in patients in an acute care hospital setting from an interprofessional perspective: A qualitative study.Clinical rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Creating a sense of place when implementing a new emergency department in Denmark: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- Present but Absent-Nurses' Experiences of How a Hospital Design with Only Single Bedrooms and the Technological Shift Affect Nursing.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Is There Room for Improvement? Stroke Rehabilitation Environments May Not Reflect Home Environments in Terms of Chair, Toilet, and Bed Heights.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2024Article
- Experience of care from the perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs: a cross-sectional study using a patient reported experience measure (PREM).BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Why the spaces in which we deliver care matter: implications and recommendations for general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2024Article
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Healthcare facilities are among the most expensive buildings to construct, maintain, and operate. How building design can best support healthcare services, staff, and patients is important to consider. In this narrative review, we outline why the healthcare environment matters and describe areas of research focus and current built environment evidence that supports healthcare in general and stroke care in particular. Ward configuration, corridor design, and staff station placements can all impact care provision, staff and patient behavior. Contrary to many new ward design approaches, single-bed rooms are neither uniformly favored, nor strongly evidence-based, for people with stroke. Green spaces are important both for staff (helping to reduce stress and errors), patients and relatives, although access to, and awareness of, these and other communal spaces is often poor. Built environment research specific to stroke is limited but increasing, and we highlight emerging collaborative multistakeholder partnerships (Living Labs) contributing to this evidence base. We believe that involving engaged and informed clinicians in design and research will help shape better hospitals of the future.
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