User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential

[EN] Objective: The object of this article is to identify the set of affective and emotional factors behind users assessments of a space in a neonatology unit and to propose design guidelines based on these. Background: The importance of the neonatology service and the variety of users place great d...

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Autores: Higuera-Trujillo, Juan Luis, Montañana, Antoni|||0000-0003-2749-6248, Llinares Millán, María Del Carmen|||0000-0003-2270-807X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Children s designs
Children s hospitals
Environmental design
Interior design
Neonatal intensive care
Wellness
Focus groups
Quantitative research
Kansei engineering
Semantic differential
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
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spelling User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic DifferentialHiguera-Trujillo, Juan LuisMontañana, Antoni|||0000-0003-2749-6248Llinares Millán, María Del Carmen|||0000-0003-2270-807XChildren s designsChildren s hospitalsEnvironmental designInterior designNeonatal intensive careWellnessFocus groupsQuantitative researchKansei engineeringSemantic differentialORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS[EN] Objective: The object of this article is to identify the set of affective and emotional factors behind users assessments of a space in a neonatology unit and to propose design guidelines based on these. Background: The importance of the neonatology service and the variety of users place great demands on the space at all levels. Despite the repercussions, the emotional aspects of the environment have received less attention. Methods: To avoid incurring limitations in the user mental scheme, this study uses two complementary methodologies: focus group and semantic differential. The (qualitative) focus group methodology provides exploratory information and concepts. The (quantitative) semantic differential methodology then uses these concepts to extract the conceptual structures that users employ in their assessment of the space. Of the total 175 subjects, 31 took part in focus groups and 144 in semantic differential. Results: Five independent concepts were identified: privacy, functionality and professional nature, spaciousness, lighting, and cleanliness. In relation to the importance of the overall positive assessment of the space, the perception of privacy and sensations of dominance and pleasure are fundamental. Six relevant design aspects were also identified: provide spacious surroundings, facilitate sufficient separation between the different posts or cots, use different colors from those usually found in health-care centers, as some aversion was found to white and especially green, design areas with childhood themes, use warm artificial light, and choose user-friendly equipment. Conclusions: Results provide design recommendations of interest and show the possibilities offered by combining both systems to analyze user response.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain (Project TIN2013-45736-R).SAGE PublicationsDepartamento de Organización de EmpresasInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Tecnología Centrada en el Ser HumanoEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de EdificaciónMinisterio de Economía, Industria y CompetitividadRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20172017-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/112969reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 TIN2013-45736-R INVESTIGACION DE NUEVAS METRICAS DE NEUROARQUITECTURA MEDIANTE EL USO DE ENTORNOS VIRTUALES INMERSIVOSopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/1129692026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
title User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
spellingShingle User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
Higuera-Trujillo, Juan Luis
Children s designs
Children s hospitals
Environmental design
Interior design
Neonatal intensive care
Wellness
Focus groups
Quantitative research
Kansei engineering
Semantic differential
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
title_short User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
title_full User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
title_fullStr User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
title_full_unstemmed User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
title_sort User Evaluation of Neonatology Ward Design: An Application of Focus Group and Semantic Differential
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Higuera-Trujillo, Juan Luis
Montañana, Antoni|||0000-0003-2749-6248
Llinares Millán, María Del Carmen|||0000-0003-2270-807X
author Higuera-Trujillo, Juan Luis
author_facet Higuera-Trujillo, Juan Luis
Montañana, Antoni|||0000-0003-2749-6248
Llinares Millán, María Del Carmen|||0000-0003-2270-807X
author_role author
author2 Montañana, Antoni|||0000-0003-2749-6248
Llinares Millán, María Del Carmen|||0000-0003-2270-807X
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Organización de Empresas
Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Tecnología Centrada en el Ser Humano
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Edificación
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Children s designs
Children s hospitals
Environmental design
Interior design
Neonatal intensive care
Wellness
Focus groups
Quantitative research
Kansei engineering
Semantic differential
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
topic Children s designs
Children s hospitals
Environmental design
Interior design
Neonatal intensive care
Wellness
Focus groups
Quantitative research
Kansei engineering
Semantic differential
ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS
description [EN] Objective: The object of this article is to identify the set of affective and emotional factors behind users assessments of a space in a neonatology unit and to propose design guidelines based on these. Background: The importance of the neonatology service and the variety of users place great demands on the space at all levels. Despite the repercussions, the emotional aspects of the environment have received less attention. Methods: To avoid incurring limitations in the user mental scheme, this study uses two complementary methodologies: focus group and semantic differential. The (qualitative) focus group methodology provides exploratory information and concepts. The (quantitative) semantic differential methodology then uses these concepts to extract the conceptual structures that users employ in their assessment of the space. Of the total 175 subjects, 31 took part in focus groups and 144 in semantic differential. Results: Five independent concepts were identified: privacy, functionality and professional nature, spaciousness, lighting, and cleanliness. In relation to the importance of the overall positive assessment of the space, the perception of privacy and sensations of dominance and pleasure are fundamental. Six relevant design aspects were also identified: provide spacious surroundings, facilitate sufficient separation between the different posts or cots, use different colors from those usually found in health-care centers, as some aversion was found to white and especially green, design areas with childhood themes, use warm artificial light, and choose user-friendly equipment. Conclusions: Results provide design recommendations of interest and show the possibilities offered by combining both systems to analyze user response.
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