corpus / browse / spatial variable

• 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-0035 · 2024 · Systematic review

  HighDirect built environment

  Biophilic design in healthcare: a systematic review of health and wellbeing outcomes

  Al Khatib, Samara & Ndiaye. Frontiers in Built Environment

  The review links biophilic interventions with reduced stress, anxiety and pain and with some recovery-related outcomes, while evidence strength varies.

• ND-0117 · 2005 · Field / psychophysiological experiment

  ModerateDirect built environment

  Human Response to Window Views and Indoor Plants in the Workplace

  Chang & Chen. HortScience

  Nature views and indoor plants were associated with lower tension or anxiety across several conditions compared with no-view/no-plant settings.