Color Consideration for Waiting Areas in Hospitals
Color is one the most important factors in the nature that can have some affects on human behavior. Many years ago, it was proven that using color in public place can have some affect on the users. Depend of the darkness and lightness; it can be vary from
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Abstract Color is one the most important factors in the nature that can have some affects on human behavior. Many years ago, it was proven that using color in public place can have some affect on the users. Depend of the darkness and lightness; it can be vary from positive to negative. The research will mainly focus on the color and psychological influences and physical factors. The statement of problem in this research is what is impact of color usually applied to waiting area? The overall aim of the study is to explore the visual environment of hospitals and to manage the color psychological effect of the hospital users in the waiting area by creating a comfortable, pleasant and cozy environment for users while spend their time in waiting areas. The analysis concentrate on satisfaction and their interesting regarding applied color in two private hospital waiting area in Malaysia. Keywords Hospital environment
Human psychology Color Waiting areas
1 Introduction This research will be the application of color and how to apply to public areas in hospitals should take account of the emotional and psychological factors which can affect their well-being at waiting room. The skillful use of color can help to overcome the sensory deprivation caused by lack of visual stimuli associated with
P. Zraati (&) Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST), No.17, Jalan SS 7/26, Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya 47301 Selangor, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected]
A. Chakrabarti and R. V. Prakash (eds.), ICoRD’13, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1050-4_109, Springer India 2013
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drab or monotonous environments. Hospital has a wide range of users with different requirements, from the elderly to the very young. A well-designed visual environment can be particularly helpful to visitor with partial sight [1]. Color can play a major role in creating accessible environments. Color contrast can identify obstacles and hardware that might prove difficult to negotiate. It is important to address the subjective needs and preferences of the users especially in buildings of anthropogenic character and service oriented building such as hospitals. Viewing environment as requires us to address the issues between living and lifeless spaces, life renewing nourishing and life sapping spaces [2]. This research will mainly focus on the color and psychological influences and physical factors. Research in environmental psychology has demonstrated that different environmental stimulus can affect on both mood and behavior [3, 4]. The effect of the physical environment can be part of importance in healthcare setting, where people experience a relatively high degree of uncertainty, fear and stress. Possible effects of the physical healthcare environment on the healing process of patients have received some attention [5–7]. The primary objectives of this research are: 1. To study the color consideration for waiting areas in hospitals. 2. To determine whether color consideration could influen
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