INTRODUCTION: Healthcare facilities are complex infrastructures where different features
from technological, social, clinical and architectural field interact. In modern healthcare …

Background: The intensive care environment in hospitals has been the subject of significant
empirical and qualitative research in the 2005–2020 period. Particular attention has been …

Objective The aim of this integrative review was to identify facilitators and barriers to patients'
well‐being when being cared for in an ICU setting, from the perspective of the patients …

Hospitals are complex, high-performance systems that demand continuous quality
improvement. Several instruments evaluate the organizational or clinical qualities but very …

BACKGROUND: Enhancing the quality of care for elderly patients needs an understanding
of the challenges and obstacles experienced by the intensive care unit (ICU) staff in …

Background Stress‐related illness is increasing and is a common cause of sick leave.
Spending time in nature have a positive effect on health and well‐being for instance by …

Objective To review the sources, adverse effects, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
psychogenic stress in hospitalized human and veterinary patients. Data Sources Data were …

Purpose Malaysia is considered to be a relatively young country as compared to other older
countries such as Japan, China and Australia in terms of the ageing population. However …

Depression is caused by a variety of factors, especially stressful life events. Chronic stress–
induced depression has detrimental effects on hippocampal integrity. Environmental …

There are several stunning outdoor spaces created for patients admitted in the intensive
care unit (ICU), family members and ICU caregivers such as the “Balcony of Hope” in the …