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PSYC A326: Environmental Psychology
Summer 2020
Dr. E. L. Zucker
A Study done by Tavakkoli et al
Where?
Khatamol-Al-Anbia hospital located in the third district of Tehran municipality
When?
2015
Why?
To see if job-related stress can be reduced in nurses by changing the environment in which they work
Why Nursing is so Stressful
Working pressure
Nurses are considered the man power of the hospital
Main service providers of the health care system
Low Job Satisfaction
A big problem in the nursing services management is that nurses exhibit low levels of job satisfaction
Examples include:
Leaving work early
Missing work
Therefore, this research compares mental health, job satisfaction, and wellbeing of nurses depending on their working environment
Participants
The sample included 250 male and female nurses with the age range of 23- 47 years who were randomly selected from Khatamol-Al-Anbia hospital located in the third district of Tehran municipality
All participants had tertiary education
188 women
62 men
100 married
150 single
These participants were separated into 3 groups
Baseline and Confoundings
All participants were asked to fill out a depression and anxiety questionnaire at baseline
The researchers attempted to prevent some confounding variables by making the job situation, work volume, and salary equal between all participants
Group 1
n= 63
Worked in the basement of the hospital
Design was not in accordance with psychological-environmental principles
Cold environment
No access to designed environment
Group 2
n= 100
Worked in a small garden simulated area
Designed based on psychological principles
Group 3
n= 87
Worked where they can see the outside designed environment through a distant window
General Health Questionnaire
The questionnaire of general health arbitrated to Goldberg& Hillier
Screens for non-psychotic mental disorders
28 questions on a 4- point Likert scale and 4 subscales about:
somatic symptoms
anxiety
insomnia
social dysfunction
severe depression
Personal Wellbeing Questionnaire
Made by Smith and Kendal (1996)
20 items scored with a 5-point Likert scale
Job Satisfaction Index
Standardized in 2002
8 items, each of which asks about one field with a 7-point Likert scale
How it was studied
The current research has been performed three months after designing the hospital environment
some nurses used that simulated garden
some looked at the simulated garden from a far distance
the others were located in the basement with no view of garden
How it was Studied cont.
The indexes of mental health, job satisfaction, and wellbeing of the nurses working in this hospital were compared considering the equality of all working situations and only based on the differences between working environment indexes
Results
Nurses who were working in an environment with interior design reported significantly higher general health compared to those working in an environment with no interior design
And those nurses working in a garden simulated area reported higher general health than those that just viewed it from a distance from their workplace
The nurses who worked in the garden simulated area and the nurses who were able to see the garden from their work station reported having less anxiety than the nurses who worked in the basement
Results cont.
A greater level of job satisfaction was also reported for nurses who worked in the garden simulated area and those who could see the garden from their work station than those who worked in the basement with no interior design
The mean wellbeing index was also higher in nurses who worked in the garden simulated area and nurses who could at least see the garden than the nurses working in the basement with no interior design
Results cont.
While there was a significant difference between those who worked in the simulated garden area and those who worked in the basement, there was not a significant difference between those who worked in the garden and those who were able to see the garden from their work area.
Results cont.
Although nurses that were working in the basement were more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety than those who were not, the social performances among all nurses was the same
What does this mean?
Because nursing is one of the most important positions in the society and the health of the nurses affects the general health of the patients, we should improve their mental health, job satisfaction, and wellbeing through the use of naturalistic views
This can be done by applying the environmental building principles to hospitals and work places for nurses to reduce depression and anxiety and to increase mental health and job satisfaction
Reference
Tavakkoli, S., Asaadi, M. M., Pakpour, A. H., & Hajiaghababaei, M. (2015). Environmental psychology effects on mental health job satisfaction and personal well being of nurses. Iranian Journal Of Psychiatry, 10, 158-164.
