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Psychologically supportive design in a Jordanian public hospital

Research record PAH-073 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2022 · Jordan

Findings, methods and sources

Adjacent evidenceObservational / experimentalContext / synthesis

Finding. Proposes a framework of psychologically supportive design features drawn from healing-environment theory and finds the studied hospital moderately supportive, with connection to nature the weakest aspect.

Limitation. Single hospital; the framework covers design broadly and does not isolate artwork.

Al-Bqour N, Rababeh S, Al-Rabady R. The psychological supportive design features in hospitals: case of a public Jordanian hospital in Amman. HERD. 2022;15(1):173–188.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Abstract or primary source checked

Design
Mixed methods: framework from literature, site inventory and inpatient questionnaire
Sample / scope
One large public hospital in Amman
Setting
Inpatient environment
Art form
Window view (nature)

Abstract or primary source checked, 28 September 2026 · Verification source

Editorial review: 2026-09-28 · Verification policy

Publications and overlap

No confirmed shared-publication match is recorded for this entry in Edition 4.11. Source-by-source and participant-level reconciliation is incomplete; this does not establish an independent study.

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Public Art & Health. Psychologically supportive design in a Jordanian public hospital. Research record PAH-073. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-073

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