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| Author | Punzi L., Chia M., Cipolletta S., Dolcetti C., Galozzi P., Giovinazzi O., Tonolo S., Zava R., Pazzaglia F. | |
| Title | The role of architectural design for rheumatic patients’ wellbeing: The point of view of environmental psychology | |
| Reference | Punzi L., Chia M., Cipolletta S., Dolcetti C., Galozzi P., Giovinazzi O., Tonolo S., Zava R., Pazzaglia F.; The role of architectural design for rheumatic patients’ wellbeing: The point of view of environmental psychology ;Reumatismo vol:72.0 issue: 1 page:60.0 |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083738785&doi=10.4081%2freumatismo.2020.1251&partnerID=40&md5=2b20227ef84871eb75d70c4eed658a6f |
| Abstract | Rheumatic diseases (RD) are among the most frequent disorders in the population and the major causes of chronic pain and disability. The resulting consequences are catastrophic, leading to a significant socio-economic burden, which includes significant reductions in quality of life (QoL) and limitations in regular work and daily activities of patients. In spite of this, rheumatic diseases are often misunderstood or diagnosed late, probably due to their characteristics of silent diseases, sometimes unrecognizable to unaffected or unskilled people. Actually, it is surprising that, despite their consequences on QoL and on individual impact, rheumatic diseases are underestimated by the public opinion, which is probably more attracted by other major diseases causing death. This silent perception can even be seen in some among the most recent psycho-social approaches to population needs in the fields of Health Psychology and Environmental Psychology. The latter, also known as Architectural Psychology, is a branch of Psychology that analyses the effects of the built environment on humans, including those affected by diseases. Paradoxically, in many cases, some components of the environments created to protect individuals and/or the population may represent barriers and subsequently causes of disability and suffering in patients with rheumatic diseases. In order to increase awareness about this particular aspect of social life, HEMOVE Onlus, a non-profit association, has promoted the creation of a multidisciplinary Task Group, which included mainly rheumatologists, psychologists and architects, with the aim of applying also for the benefit of rheumatic patients the most modern technical skills available in the context of Environmental Psychology, including in particular design and information technology. © 2020, Page Press Publications. All rights reserved. |
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| This can give a significant contribution to the improvement of the quality of life of individuals affected by chronic diseases, such as RDs. . | This approach can allow many people to cope better with their everyday life. . | This user-centered design culture can be taken as reference to understand the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the creation of private and/or public spaces or objects that can be usable and accessible to as many users as possible. . | An interdisciplinary approach to environment, health and well-being Taking care of places where people live, work or spend their leisure time practically means to be able to support them throughout their life. . | In the coming years public health and the quality of the environment may be influenced also by living conditions in cities, public and private spaces, political choices, urban planning approaches, architectural design criteria, regulatory and structural interventions, and promotion of lifestyles intended to protect the health of citizens and the quality of the environment in which they live. . | For these reasons, it is important that the physical and social environment can satisfy the needs of many people, including those with sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities, in the perspective that an inclusive environment would be a better environment not only for people with disabilities but for everyone. . |
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