Health benefits of a view of nature through the window: a quasi-experimental study of patients in a residential rehabilitation center

Objective: To examine the health benefits of a bedroom window view to natural surroundings for patients undergoing a residential rehabilitation programme. Design: Longitudinal quasi-experiment. Setting: A residential rehabilitation centre. Subjects: Two-hundred and seventy-eight coronary and pulmona...

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Published in:	Clinical rehabilitation Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 21 - 32
Main Authors:	Raanaas, Ruth Kjærsti, Patil, Grete Grindal, Hartig, Terry
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2012 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	Attitudes Bedrooms Cardiac rehabilitation Cardiovascular disease Changes Coronary Disease - psychology Coronary Disease - rehabilitation Emotional states Environmental science Female Gender Health Facility Environment Health status Heart Humans Inpatients - psychology Leisure Leisure Activities - psychology Life sciences Longitudinal Studies Lung Diseases - psychology Lung Diseases - rehabilitation Male Measurement Mental disorders Mental health Middle Aged Nature Norway Patients psychological factors pulmonary rehabilitation Quasi-experimental methods Recovery (Medical) Recreation Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Centers Residential care Self report Sex Factors Stress Subjectivity Treatment programs Well being Windows Women Norway pulmonary rehabilitation leisure psychological factors Cardiac rehabilitation recreation
ISSN:	0269-2155, 1477-0873, 1477-0873
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