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| Author | Nielsen S.L., Fich L.B., Roesslerb K.K., Mullins M.F. | |
| Title | How do patients actually experience and use art in hospitals? The significance of interaction: A user-oriented experimental case study | |
| Reference | Nielsen S.L., Fich L.B., Roesslerb K.K., Mullins M.F.; How do patients actually experience and use art in hospitals? The significance of interaction: A user-oriented experimental case study ;International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being vol:12 issue: 1 page: |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027698402&doi=10.1080%2f17482631.2016.1267343&partnerID=40&md5=45da7d819f6086fe42d76817c32af2ae |
| Abstract | This article aims to understand patient wellbeing and satisfaction and to qualify the current guidelines for the application of art in hospitals. Employing anthropological methods, we focus on the interactional aspects of art in health interventions. A user-oriented study ranked 20 paintings, followed by an experiment using paintings in the dayroom of five medical wards. Fieldwork was done over a two-week period. During the first week, dayrooms were configured without the presence of art and in the second week were configured with the artworks. Semi-structured interviews, observation, participant observation and informal conversation were carried out and were informed by thermal cameras, which monitored the usage, patient occupation and flow in two of the dayrooms. The study shows that art contributes to creating an environment and atmosphere where patients can feel safe, socialize, maintain a connection to the world outside the hospital and support their identity. We conclude that the presence of visual art in hospitals contributes to health outcomes by improving patient satisfaction as an extended form of health care. The article draws attention to further research perspectives and methods associated with the development of art in hospitals. © 2017 The Author(s). |
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| Furthermore, for some patients, art becomes a tool for existential support and a connection to life. . | Emotional effects: art upholding security, safety, self and spirit The data shows how art interacts with patients on an emotional level, promoting composure in different ways, such as an expression of unexpected luxury, a definer of space and a generator of memories. . | In this case it is not just the fact that art as material is present, but also the fact that it represents a greater context that leads patients to experience a sense of security. . | Thus, the artworks in the present case promoted socialisation and atmosphere, engendering a mood of togetherness, ease and relatedness. . | The study shows that art contributes to creating an environment and atmosphere where patients can feel safe, socialize, maintain a connection to the world outside the hospital and support their identity. . | Patients experienced that art had the potential to positively distract them from uncomfortable situations of illness, by directly addressing their memories of themselves as individual, social and cultural beings. . | The artworks contribute in creating an environment and atmosphere where patients can socialize and stay connected to the world and life outside the hospital, themselves and their spirit. . | It has been found that art has the potential to positively affect patients satisfaction with their sojourn in the hospitals studied. . | The experimental case study thus indicates that visual art contributes positively to health outcomes in hospitals.. | The potential of the artwork in this particular state of mind is as a generator of memories, through which life experiences can be assembled into a meaningful whole. . | This enquiry does indicate that certain types of artworks facilitate a more positive aesthetic reaction than others among the patients interviewed. . |
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