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Single Patient Room and Social Isolation While single patient rooms provide a lot of opportunity for social support by offering privacy to a patient and his/her family, oftentimes, patients may experience social isolation from spending a great deal of time alone throughout the day. Some patients also report that they are attended to less by staff, when they are placed in a single patient room. These complaints are most prevalent in children’s hospitals, where children suffer the most from a lack of social interaction. In a UK study done, surveying close to 150 hospitals around the country on the topic of building 100% singlepatient rooms within the hospital, researchers found what administration found to be the top 4 main disadvantages with this approach: The four main disadvantages identified for 100 per cent single room occupancy were: • Lack of interaction with others. • Difficulty for staff with observation and safeguarding. • Feelings of isolation and anxiety when left alone in the cubicle. • Greater demands on workforce. The four main disadvantages identified for 100 percent single room occupancy from a child’s point of a view: • There would always be someone to talk to. • The possibility of making new friends and playing. • More going on and more fun. • Not being alone or lonely. (Pediatric Nursing, 2010). SOCIAL ISOLATION DISSATISFACTION 42
Single Patient Room and Social Isolation A study from a Children’s Hospital This graph separates the different age groups, and continues to represent the same slight preference for bays over cubicles in the children’s hospital. (Pediatric Nursing, 2010). According to the Department of Health in 2004, “Considerations in planning healthcare facilities for children and young people include alleviating fear and anxiety, maximising security, safety and sociability, reducing boredom and creating a healing environment” (Department of Health, 2004). Although the preference for bays over cubicles is not significant in children, there is still a majority, and therefore hospitals should incorporate choice. 43
Page 1 and 2: Design Dilemma DEA 4350 November 8t
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Page 44 and 45: HOT TOPIC 3: EVIDENCE BASED DESIGN
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