Network of Spaces and Interaction-Related Behaviors in Adult Intensive Care Units
dc.contributor.author | Rashid, Mahbub | |
dc.contributor.author | Boyle, Diane K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Crosser, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-05T22:32:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-05T22:32:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-12-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rashid, Mahbub et, al. "Network of Spaces and Interation-Related Behaviors in Adult Intensive Care Units." Behav Sci (Basel) 2014 December; 4(4): 487–510. Published online 2014 December 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs4040487 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16979 | |
dc.description.abstract | Using three spatial network measures of “space syntax”, this correlational study describes four interaction-related behaviors among three groups of users in relation to visibility and accessibility of spaces in four adult intensive care units (ICUs) of different size, geometry, and specialty. Systematic field observations of interaction-related behaviors show significant differences in spatial distribution of interaction-related behaviors in the ICUs. Despite differences in unit characteristics and interaction-related behaviors, the study finds that when nurses and physicians “interact while sitting” they prefer spaces that help maintain a high level of environmental awareness; that when nurses “walk” and “interact while walking” they avoid spaces with better global access and visibility; and that everyone in ICUs “walk” more in spaces with higher control over neighboring spaces. It is argued that such consistent behavioral patterns occur due to the structural similarities of spatial networks over and above the more general functional similarities of ICUs. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was partly supported by the MacArthur Award, OGR, and GRF research grants from the University of Kansas. | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | intensive care unit (ICU) | en_US |
dc.subject | interaction-related behaviors | en_US |
dc.subject | space syntax | en_US |
dc.subject | network of spaces | en_US |
dc.subject | environmental visiblity and accessibility | en_US |
dc.title | Network of Spaces and Interaction-Related Behaviors in Adult Intensive Care Units | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Rashid, Mahbub | |
kusw.kudepartment | Architecture | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/bs4040487 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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