A Review of the Effects of Single-Bed Rooms on Patients' Outcomes۱ in Healthcare Facilities

Patients' rooms play an essential role in healthcare facilities. All designers and architects who works on healthcare design and planning should know about the effects of environments on patients and other users. Previous studies have shown that the type of room has effects on patient outcomes. Single bedrooms have good results on patients' psychological and physical outcomes in comparison with multiple-occupancy Rooms. Although there is an obvious clue on patient outcomes in single patient rooms, it is necessary to do certain research by professional Environmental science researchers to understand the dimensions of this issue. Therefore, this research tries to find the effects of single-bedroom design in healthcare facilities on patients. The results of this research show the use of the single-bed room is the most important parameter of patient outcomes. The results also showed that a single-bed room can have physical and psychological benefits for patients. Some of the physical benefits of a single bedroom include reducing infections, patient falls, and medical errors. On the other hand, psychological benefits of these rooms can be categorized into patients' stress, patients' sleep, and patient privacy.

Keywords:

Single-Bed Rooms , patients' outcomes , healthcare facilities , healthcare design