Being Wheeled or Walking: A Qualitative Study of Patients' Spatial Experience in Two Distinct Day Surgery Centers

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Margo AnnemansAnn Heylighen

Abstract

In this article, we explore what a different way of moving-being wheeled versus walking-means for the spatial experience of day surgery patients. Day surgery centers can be conceived in very different manners. Some are organized similar to traditional hospital admittance; others are located in a specifically designed part of the hospital and receive patients as guests who walk through the entire procedure. We conducted semistructured interviews with 37 patients at two distinct day surgery centers. Despite the different managerial concepts and corresponding spatial designs, in both centers, patients' spatial experience is shaped by the interrelation of material, social, and time-related aspects. However, the chosen concept results in a different experience throughout patients' journey. Based on an analysis of the different journeys, we conclude that patients' interpretation of a hospital's care vision is influenced not only by what the hospital communicates explicitly or how it educates its staff but also by what is implicitly told by the built environment.

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Aug 17, 2018·Qualitative Health Research·Pleuntje JellemaAnn Heylighen
May 16, 2020·BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care·Margo AnnemansAnn Heylighen
Nov 14, 2020·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·Melisa DuqueLisa Spong

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