Noise Levels in an Urban Hospital and Workers' Subjective Responses
1995
Archives of Environmental Health
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 50
Pages 247-251
Author(s): Bayo, M. V., Garcia, A. M., Armando, G.
Noise has become a major environmental problem as well as a public health concern, resulting in a wide range of negative consequences. Despite healthcare facilities’ attempts to foster favorable environments to assist in patient recovery and staff working conditions, noise levels are often higher than desirable in and around hospitals. There is a need to identify the main noisy areas and noise sources and evaluate the hospital staff’s reactions to noise.
Added April 2014
Gardens In Healthcare Facilities: Uses, Therapeutic Benefits, And Design Recommendations
1995
The Center for Health Design
Report
Author(s): Marcus, C.C., Barnes, M.M.
Added October 2012
Premature infant responses to noise reduction by earmuffs: effects on behavioral and physiologic measures
1995
Journal of Perinatology
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 15
Pages 448-455
Author(s): Zahr, L.K., de Traversay, J.
The continuous high-intensity noise in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is both stressful and harmful for the premature infant. Although some researchers have found evidence that loud noise can cause hearing loss and alter physiologic and behavioral responses, no study to date has investigated the benefits of noise reduction by the use of earmuffs. In this study earmuffs were placed over...
Added October 2012
Clown Doctors: Shaman Healers of Western Medicine
1995
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 9
Pages 14
Author(s): Van Blerkom, L.M.
Added October 2012
Chidlren's hospital... dancing light makes healing magic in a child-friendly hospital tower
1995
Interiors
Journal Article
Issue 11
Volume 154
Pages 70-75
Author(s): Tetlow, K.
Added October 2012
Music Therapy Research and Applications in Pediatric Oncology Treatment
1995
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 12
Pages 3-8
Author(s): Standley, J.M., Hanser, S.B.
Added October 2012
Sleep in hospitals at night: are patients' needs being met?
1995
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 21
Pages 1101-9
Author(s): Southwell, M.T., Wistow, G.
Added October 2012
The Location of Behavioral Incidents in a Children's Psychiatric Facility
1995
Children's Environments
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 12
Pages 352-361
Author(s): Shepley, M.
Added October 2012
Sleep and Psychological Characteristics of Children on a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
1995
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 34
Pages 813-9
Author(s): Sadeh, A., McGuire, J.P., Sachs, H., Seifer, R., Tremblay, A., Civita, R., Hayden, R.M.
Added October 2012
Noise in a neonatal unit: guidelines for the reduction or prevention of noise
1995
Curationis
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 18
Pages 16-21
Author(s): Nzama, N.P., Nolte, A.G., Dorfling, C.S.
Added October 2012
The effects of cycled versus noncycled lighting on growth and development in preterm infants
1995
Infant Behavior and Development
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 18
Pages 87-95
Author(s): Miller, C.L., White, R., Whitman, T.L., O'Callaghan, M.F., Maxwell, S.E.
Added October 2012
A randomized trial of care in a hospital medical unit especially designed to improve the functional outcomes of acutely ill older patients
1995
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 20
Volume 332
Pages 1338-44
Author(s): Landefeld, C.S., Palmer, R.M., Kresevic, D.M., Fortinsky, R.H., Kowal, J.
Added October 2012
The accelerated reduction and elimination of toxics in Canada: the case of mercury-containing medical instruments in Quebec hospital centres
1995
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Journal Article
Issue 1-4
Volume 80
Pages 1199-1202
Author(s): Guerrier, P., Weber, P., Cote, R., Paul, M., Rhainds, M.
Added October 2012
Reduction of noise levels in intensive care units for infants: evaluation of an intervention program
1995
Heart Lung
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 24
Pages 376-9
Author(s): Elander, G., Hellstrom, G.
Added October 2012
Noise pollution in an intensive care unit for nephrology and dialysis
1995
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Journal Article
Issue 12
Volume 10
Pages 2235-9
Author(s): Buemi, M., Allegra, A., Grasso, F., Mondio, G.
Added October 2012
Environment, patient, information, and organization in a pediatrics urodynamics unit
1995
Archivos espanoles de urologia
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 48
Pages 15-22
Author(s): Batista-Miranda, J., Darbey, M., Kelly, M., Baurer, S.
Added October 2012
Does physical activity improve sleep in impaired nursing home residents?
1995
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal Article
Issue 10
Volume 43
Pages 1098-102
Author(s): Alessi, C.A., Schnelle, J.F., MacRae, P.G., Ouslander, J.G., al-Samarrai, N., Simmons, S.F., Traub, S.
Added October 2012