| Title |
A Study on the POE by Residential Characteristics of Child inpatients in a Hospital - Focused on the Caregivers of Child Inpatients - |
| Authors |
하지민(Ha, Ji-Min) ; 박수빈(Park, Soo-Been) |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2015.24.4.152 |
| Keywords |
Children’s Hospital ; Child Inpatient ; Caregiver ; Hospitalization Characteristics |
| Abstract |
This paper proposes high quality of healthcare environments for a user-oriented children’s hospital by identifying the user needs according to residential characteristics of the child, especially the hospitalization period. Caregivers, mostly parents of children in a children’s hospital, participated in a questionnaire survey. The user’s demands, satisfaction and hospital environment assessment were measured. A total of 103 copies of the questionnaire were finally collected and analyzed. The data was processed statistically using SPSS WIN 18.0 Version software. The results and conclusions are as follows. 1)The participants were categorized into three groups according to the hospitalization period of the child (less than 7 days, 7-20 days, and more than 21 days). 2)When the patients stayed longer in the hospital, their satisfaction was lower and their demands were higher. The long-term group required a more spacious bathroom for the child inpatients and their caregivers as well as sufficient individual storage spaces that are appropriate for the length of stay. 3)The longer they were hospitalized, the more negative they evaluated the hospital environment. These results suggest that the period of hospitalization is one of the crucial factors that impact the user’s satisfaction and demands. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the design factors such as territoriality, privacy, accessability, and aesthetics to improve the satisfaction of the long-term child inpatients and their caregivers. |