Field surveys for the humanization in hospital buildings: tools and case studies - Indagini sul campo per l’umanizzazione di strutture ospedaliere: strumenti e casi studio

The international scientific lit- erature supports the great interest to the evidence-based design, focused on the relationship between the spatial arrange- ment of hospital environment and the potential support to the healing process. According to this approach, the paper deals with field surveys in hospital de- partments of oncology; the research is aimed at evaluating the environmental perceived quality by the end users. The analysis carried out through question- naires and interviews was useful to de- velop tools for the assessment of the re- lationship among environmental factors and psycho-emotional reactions and to validate the patients and staff’s needs.