Oluremi Durosaiye, I;
Hadjri, K;
Lasanthi Liyanage, C;
Chrysikou, E;
(2020)
Developing, validating and testing a Ward Environment Assessment Tool: WEAT.
Journal of Nursing Management
, 28
(3)
pp. 548-558.
10.1111/jonm.12956.
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Abstract
Aims: To develop, validate and test a ward environment assessment tool (WEAT) for post‐occupancy evaluation of hospital wards from the perspectives of ward nurses, using Person‐Environment fit theory. / Background: It is argued that as the needs and expectations of various user groups of healthcare facilities would vary, so would the tools to measure the suitability of the architectural design features of these healing environments for different groups of users. However, a review of relevant literature revealed that there is a dearth of assessment tools to appraise the adequacy of healthcare facilities for nursing staff. / Methods: Extant literature was reviewed to construct WEAT. Twenty ward nurses were interviewed to obtain user perspectives on the ward environment. Post‐occupancy evaluation of three hospital wards was undertaken to validate and test WEAT. / Results: WEAT: A new post‐occupancy evaluation tool was created. / Conclusions: WEAT measures the impacts of ward environment on nurses in four personal constructs; namely physical, cognitive, sensory and universal.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Developing, validating and testing a Ward Environment Assessment Tool: WEAT |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jonm.12956 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12956 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Person-Environment fit theory, Post-occupancy evaluation, architectural design features, hospital ward, personal constructs, ward nurse |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt > Bartlett Real Estate Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10090853 |
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