View through a window may influence recovery from surgery
RS Ulrich�- science, 1984 - science.org
science, 1984•science.org
Records on recovery after cholecystectomy of patients in a suburban Pennsylvania hospital
between 1972 and 1981 were examined to determine whether assignment to a room with a
window view of a natural setting might have restorative influences. Twenty-three surgical
patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter
postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes,
and took fewer potent analgesics than 23 matched patients in similar rooms with windows�…
between 1972 and 1981 were examined to determine whether assignment to a room with a
window view of a natural setting might have restorative influences. Twenty-three surgical
patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter
postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes,
and took fewer potent analgesics than 23 matched patients in similar rooms with windows�…
Records on recovery after cholecystectomy of patients in a suburban Pennsylvania hospital between 1972 and 1981 were examined to determine whether assignment to a room with a window view of a natural setting might have restorative influences. Twenty-three surgical patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes, and took fewer potent analgesics than 23 matched patients in similar rooms with windows facing a brick building wall.
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