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scale of the systematic review on environment design and patient healing
Exact: 121 papers
121 papers were reviewed linking environmental design to patient healing outcomes
The review used databases including Google Scholar, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, SCOPUS, and Springer. Inclusion criteria focused on studies examining the role of environment design in enhancing patient safety, comfort, social interaction, and needs. From the resulting 121 papers, data were extracted and analysed to identify key design dimensions — spatial, ambient, and functional — and design categories such as lighting, acoustics, flooring, visual quality, indoor quality, and accessibility.
Using these inclusion criteria, the search was conducted and a sample of 121 papers was selected from different databases.
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