Research shows that the hospital environment is significantly related to the healing process of hospitalized patients. In the master's thesis, we check whether the appearance of the hospital room has a significant impact on an individual's satisfaction with hospitalization. We also examined the influence of individual design elements (number of beds, plants, wall color, and the presence of different motifs on artwork in the hospital room) on various psychological factors associated with the healing process. The study included 108 participants, of whom, using regression analysis, we analyzed the responses of 69 people who had been previously hospitalized. Satisfaction with the appearance of the hospital room was found to have no significant effect on overall satisfaction with hospitalization, suggesting that the design of the hospital room most likely plays a similar role as hygiene factors in Herzberg’s theory of motivation. In examining the impact of individual design elements on various psychological factors, 108 individuals who have and have not been hospitalized were included in the analysis. T-tests for dependent samples were used for analysis. Individuals perceived single rooms, rooms with natural elements, and rooms with a nature motif on the artwork more positively. Participants did not notice significant differences between the blue and white color of the walls in the hospital room. The research offers important findings for the design of hospital rooms and can serve as an initiative for interdisciplinary collaboration between architects, interior designers and psychologists.
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