TY - JOUR
T1 - Patients' and Nurses' Experiences of All Single-Room Hospital Accommodation
T2 - A Scoping Review
AU - Søndergaard, Susanne Friis
AU - Beedholm, Kirsten
AU - Kolbæk, Raymond
AU - Frederiksen, Kirsten
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To identify, examine, and map literature on the experiences of single-room hospital accommodation, exploring what is known about how single-room accommodation in hospitals is viewed by patients and nurses.BACKGROUND: Worldwide, hospital design is changing to mainly single-room accommodation. However, there is little literature exploring patients' and nurses' experiences of single-room designs.DESIGN: Scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidance on scoping reviews.METHODS: We conducted the search in medical databases for scientific and gray literature. The four authors independently used a data extraction tool to include sources from the searches. The sources were discussed during the process, and in case of a disagreement between two reviewers, the third and fourth reviewer would be invited to participate in the discussion until consensus was achieved.RESULTS: We included 22 sources published during the period 2002-2020, with a majority (n = 16) during the period 2013-2020. The sources were distributed on 10 different countries; however, England dominated with 14 publications. We found three main maps for reporting on patients' experiences: (1) personal control, (2) dignity, and (3) by myself. For the nurses' experiences, we found four main maps: (1) the working environment, (2) changes of nursing practice, (3) privacy and dignity, and (4) patient safety.CONCLUSION: We suggested that patients' and nurses' experiences are predominantly interdependent and that the implications of single-room accommodation is a large and complex issue which goes beyond hospital design.
AB - AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To identify, examine, and map literature on the experiences of single-room hospital accommodation, exploring what is known about how single-room accommodation in hospitals is viewed by patients and nurses.BACKGROUND: Worldwide, hospital design is changing to mainly single-room accommodation. However, there is little literature exploring patients' and nurses' experiences of single-room designs.DESIGN: Scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidance on scoping reviews.METHODS: We conducted the search in medical databases for scientific and gray literature. The four authors independently used a data extraction tool to include sources from the searches. The sources were discussed during the process, and in case of a disagreement between two reviewers, the third and fourth reviewer would be invited to participate in the discussion until consensus was achieved.RESULTS: We included 22 sources published during the period 2002-2020, with a majority (n = 16) during the period 2013-2020. The sources were distributed on 10 different countries; however, England dominated with 14 publications. We found three main maps for reporting on patients' experiences: (1) personal control, (2) dignity, and (3) by myself. For the nurses' experiences, we found four main maps: (1) the working environment, (2) changes of nursing practice, (3) privacy and dignity, and (4) patient safety.CONCLUSION: We suggested that patients' and nurses' experiences are predominantly interdependent and that the implications of single-room accommodation is a large and complex issue which goes beyond hospital design.
KW - hospital design
KW - nurses' experiences
KW - patient perceived quality
KW - patients' experiences
KW - scoping review
KW - single room
KW - work environment
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U2 - 10.1177/19375867211047548
DO - 10.1177/19375867211047548
M3 - Review
C2 - 34636692
SN - 1937-5867
VL - 15
SP - 292
EP - 314
JO - HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
JF - HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
IS - 1
ER -