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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Health Serv.
Sec. Health Policy and Management
Volume 5 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1546103
Healthcare workers and adult patients preferences of hospital built environment. Survey in ordinary surgery and medical oncology ward at the Italian National Oncology Institute
Provisionally accepted
Andrea Brambilla 1*
Gabriele Mario Perotti 2 Valentina Villa 3
Isabella Nuvolari-Duodo 4* Antonio Triarico 3 Carlo Nicora 3
Stefano Capolongo 4- 1 Department of Architecture Built environment and Construction engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- 2 Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- 3 National Cancer Institute Foundation (IRCCS), Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- 4 Department of Architecture Built environment Construcion engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Background: Experience is an important factor in hospitalisation and treatment processes, especially in oncology. The preferences of patients and health workers have recently been increasingly considered as key elements for supporting clinical and organisational performances. The relationship between staff and patients preferences and the quality of hospital built environment is also an important aspect but it is still underexplored in the scientific literature. Aim: The study aims to understand both qualitatively and quantitatively how the hospital built environment influences the well-being of patients and staff in ordinary surgery and medical oncology ward of a national institute for oncology in Northen Italy. Methods: The research was carried out according to the following methodological sequence: i) identification of the target and setting; ii) elaboration of a questionnaire with 22 items; iii) administration of the questionnaire on a sample of patients and health professionals; iv) data collection in a dedicated database; v) data analysis and interpretation. Results: A total of 521 adult oncology patients and 311 health workers participated in the study.
Keywords: oncological setting, Inpatient room, Healthy environment, Users involvement, Evidence based design, healthcare infrastructure Hyperlink, Font: (Default) Times New Roman, English (US) No bullets or numbering Deleted: (R.Horsburgh, 1995)
Received: 14 Jan 2025; Accepted: 24 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Brambilla, Perotti, Villa, Nuvolari-Duodo, Triarico, Nicora and Capolongo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Andrea Brambilla, Department of Architecture Built environment and Construction engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Lombardy, Italy
Isabella Nuvolari-Duodo, Department of Architecture Built environment Construcion engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Lombardy, Italy
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