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Hospital soundscapes: Soundscapes intervensions in intensive care unit
Azzahra I.R.N.a, Sarwono J.a, Prasetiyo I.a, Sudarsono A.S.a, Ikhwanuddin R.a, Fela R.F.a, Utami S.S.b
a Institut Teknologi Bandung, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Physics Department, Bandung, Indonesia
b Universitas Gajah Mada, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Physics Department, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Copyright © (2018) by International Institute of Acoustics & Vibration. All rights reserved.Acoustic environment of intensive care unit (ICU) is known to be noisy and stressful. The sounds from medical equipment and staffs’ activity are found out to give the most contribution to the overall sound level inside the ICU. Many studies have shown its negative effect on patients and staffs, both psychologically and physiologically. However, several studies also showed that the information contained in ICU soundscape is considered as important, especially for the nurses. Thus, the following question needs to be answered: “How to improve Comfortness and Dynamics level while maintaining the Information factor inside the ICU?” Several studies have shown the positive impact of soundscape intervention on the perception of occupants in healthcare facilities. However, previous studies were mostly done from the patient’s perspective. In this study, the effect of the sound intervention to ICU soundscape will be studied from the nurse’s perspective, specifically to find out several sounds that mostly preferred by the nurses. The sound was added to ICU soundscape through soundscape simulator, and the nurses were asked to rate the soundscape. It has been found that certain sound with certain level can improve the nurse’s perception. This result can be used by practitioners to improve the soundscape while still maintaining the information content in an ICU.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Acoustic environment,Healthcare facility,Information contents,Information factor,Positive impacts,Sound level,Soundscapes[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Hospital soundscape,Perception,Soundscape intervention[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]