The impact of healing gardens on improving psychological recovery of children-application on pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt
Other Title(s)
تأثير الحدائق العلاجية على تحسين التعافي النفسي للأطفال تطبيق على مستشفى سرطان الأطفال في مصر
Joint Authors
Mumtaz, Riham Ibrahim
Shaban, Rasha
Source
Journal of Engineering Sciences
Issue
Vol. 46, Issue 3 (30 May. 2018), pp.333-345, 13 p.
Publisher
Assiut University Faculty of Engineering
Publication Date
2018-05-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
There is an increasing interest in using healing gardens in general hospitals and in pediatric hospitals in particular since it has an important psychological impact on children for instance it reduces stress.
The paper focuses on the impact of health care on hospitalized children, theories of environmental restoration and design guidelines for healing gardens in children's hospitals.
The paper aims to prove the relation between the design of healing garden and hospitalized children behavior to discover if certain elements of design principles have indeed a positive impact on psychological recovery of children, and if so, what are these elements and how they can be improved.
The paper examined the perceptions of 25 children towards the healing garden in the pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt and the results revealed that, 80% of children showed satisfaction toward the garden.
20% of them gave no negative comments.
Additionally, fifth likert scale was conducted to identify the impact of healing garden on psychological recovery of children.
The results showed that not only 95.6% of 50 specialized therapists and psychiatrists admitted that the communication with nature has a positive effect on psychological recovery of children.
The most important survey was made with 50 volunteers who discussed the effectiveness of 25 elements from 6 design principles for a healing garden in pediatric cancer hospital.
These principles was agreed on by the volunteers with different percentage sense of control (74.8%), Social support(74.6%), positive distractions(67.6%), sensorial dimensions(53.2%), movement and exercise(60.4 %) and Natural distractions(89.2%).
Finally, the paper is concluding that healing gardens have an important role in increasing the communication between sick children and nature, improving cognitive performance and promoting psychological recovery
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mumtaz, Riham Ibrahim& Shaban, Rasha. 2018. The impact of healing gardens on improving psychological recovery of children-application on pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt. Journal of Engineering Sciences،Vol. 46, no. 3, pp.333-345.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-912083
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mumtaz, Riham Ibrahim& Shaban, Rasha. The impact of healing gardens on improving psychological recovery of children-application on pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt. Journal of Engineering Sciences Vol. 46, no. 3 (May. 2018), pp.333-345.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-912083
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mumtaz, Riham Ibrahim& Shaban, Rasha. The impact of healing gardens on improving psychological recovery of children-application on pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt. Journal of Engineering Sciences. 2018. Vol. 46, no. 3, pp.333-345.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-912083
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-912083