Interior Design: A New Perspective in Supportive Care of Patients with Acute Onset of Debilitating Diseases.

aging population debilitating diseases functional indoor space interior design medical care supportive care

Journal

Palliative medicine reports
ISSN: 2689-2820
Titre abrégé: Palliat Med Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101770666

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
accepted: 01 12 2021
entrez: 19 8 2022
pubmed: 20 8 2022
medline: 20 8 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Upon the onset of a debilitating rapidly evolving condition (such as cancer or a rapidly progressing myopathy, neuropathy, respiratory disease, or a severe traumatic injury), individuals have limited time to find a new home or make radical structural modifications in their residence. How the affected patients can continue sharing the same house with their families, while meeting their own special requirements, is thus rising as a critical issue. Household and daily routine rearrangements, either temporary or permanent, may be necessary, to ameliorate the life of patients with impairments, lasting for months or even years. Interior design may provide a highly efficient "living" palliation for debilitating medical conditions directly at patients' home-site. Research of relevant literature, using keywords "debilitating conditions," "home care," "end of life care," "care of advanced cancer patients," "care of patients with mental disorders," "home care of covid-19 affected patients," and "care of patients with degenerative illnesses." We found that patients and their relatives may not be aware of the probable interior design solutions to their daily life challenges, imposed by a disease-related impairment. In parallel, interior design experts may equally be unaware of these issues, as well as of who needs the available solutions.Similarly, medical and architectural sciences are not connected, eventually failing to meet patients' everyday needs. Interior architecture and health scientists are called to cooperate, aiming to provide a highly efficient and meaningful support to patients and families affected by unforeseen debilitating medical conditions.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Upon the onset of a debilitating rapidly evolving condition (such as cancer or a rapidly progressing myopathy, neuropathy, respiratory disease, or a severe traumatic injury), individuals have limited time to find a new home or make radical structural modifications in their residence. How the affected patients can continue sharing the same house with their families, while meeting their own special requirements, is thus rising as a critical issue. Household and daily routine rearrangements, either temporary or permanent, may be necessary, to ameliorate the life of patients with impairments, lasting for months or even years.
Objectives UNASSIGNED
Interior design may provide a highly efficient "living" palliation for debilitating medical conditions directly at patients' home-site.
Methods UNASSIGNED
Research of relevant literature, using keywords "debilitating conditions," "home care," "end of life care," "care of advanced cancer patients," "care of patients with mental disorders," "home care of covid-19 affected patients," and "care of patients with degenerative illnesses."
Results UNASSIGNED
We found that patients and their relatives may not be aware of the probable interior design solutions to their daily life challenges, imposed by a disease-related impairment. In parallel, interior design experts may equally be unaware of these issues, as well as of who needs the available solutions.Similarly, medical and architectural sciences are not connected, eventually failing to meet patients' everyday needs.
Conclusions UNASSIGNED
Interior architecture and health scientists are called to cooperate, aiming to provide a highly efficient and meaningful support to patients and families affected by unforeseen debilitating medical conditions.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35983237
doi: 10.1089/pmr.2021.0031
pii: 10.1089/pmr.2021.0031
pmc: PMC9380877
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

365-368

Informations de copyright

© Davide Mauri et al., 2021; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article.

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Auteurs

Davide Mauri (D)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Eleftherios Kampletsas (E)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

George Smyris (G)

Department of Architectural Engineering, Architecture Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Lampriani Tsali (L)

PACMeR, Department of Evidence Based Medicine, Athens, Greece.

Periklis Tsekeris (P)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Haralampos Harissis (H)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Konstantinos Kamposioras (K)

Department of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Maria Tolia (M)

Department of Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

Thomas Hyphantis (T)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Panagiotis Ntellas (P)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Ioanna Gazouli (I)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Georgios Zarkavelis (G)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Leonidas Mavroeidis (L)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Anna-Lea Amylidi (AL)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Nanteznta Torounidou (N)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Aristeidis Gogadis (A)

Department of Medical Oncology, Psychiatry, Radiotherapy, and Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Joanna Nixon (J)

Department of Radiotherapy, Scottish Sarcoma Network (SSN) UK Chair NCRIHN Epidemiology and Survivorship Subgroup, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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