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• ND-0031 · 1984 · Comparative hospital study

  ModerateDirect built environment

  View through a window may influence recovery from surgery

  Roger S. Ulrich. Science

  Patients with a tree view had shorter postoperative stays, fewer negative nurse notes and used fewer strong analgesics than matched patients facing a brick wall.

• ND-0077 · 2008 · Systematic review

  HighDirect built environment

  A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design

  Ulrich et al. HERD

  The review found design-relevant evidence across infection control, acoustics, nature/daylight, ergonomics, room type and layout, while quality varied by topic.

• ND-0078 · 2007 · Literature review

  HighDirect built environment

  Do patients in hospitals benefit from single rooms? A literature review

  Authors per journal record. Health Policy

  Single rooms showed moderate benefits for satisfaction, sleep/noise and privacy/dignity; infection evidence was conflicting and recovery evidence limited.

• ND-0079 · 2018 · Systematic review

  HighDirect built environment

  Single-Occupancy Patient Rooms: A Systematic Review of the Literature Since 2006

  Taylor, Card & Piatkowski. HERD

  Most studies reported at least some advantages of single rooms, with stronger evidence for communication, infection control, noise/sleep and preference, but trade-offs remained.

• ND-0080 · 2023 · Systematic review and narrative synthesis

  HighDirect built environment

  Clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes associated with single rooms compared with shared accommodation for acute hospital admissions

  Authors per BMJ Open record. BMJ Open

  Patients often preferred single rooms for privacy and shared rooms for social interaction; sleep perceptions often favored single rooms while objective noise differences were less consistent.