title: [Decorative elements in the medical imaging area improve patients' perception of pleasantness].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the sensation of pleasantness perceived by patients attended in the radiology department in response to decorative elements hung on the walls in the waiting rooms and in the hallways of the imaging area.
  
  
  METHODS
  The material resources comprised works of art in the form of "magic windows" representing scenes from nature installed on the ceilings and walls of the waiting area and hallways of the imaging area. Patients were given a brief questionnaire with general data and questions (sadness-cheerfulness, coldness-warmth, darkness-light, and pessimism-optimism) about their perception of the decorative elements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 150 questionnaires collected, 142 were filled out correctly. The overall health of these patients was good in 84 (56%), not bad in 58 (39%), and poor in 8 (5%). The idea seemed very good to 70 patients (47%), good to 58 (39%), not bad to 8 (5%), indifferent to 11 (7%), bad to 1 (1%), and very bad to 2 (1%). As far a patients' mobility, 119 patients (79%) walked into the department, 18 (12%) were wheeled in on beds, and 13 (9%) needed wheelchairs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found a high level of satisfaction with the decorative elements.
authors.affiliation: Área de Imagen Médica, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España. Electronic address: raulgamar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García Marcos
authors.affiliation: Área de Imagen Médica, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España; Unidad Docente de Medicina Física y Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martí-Bonmatí
authors.affiliation: Área de Imagen Médica, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España; Cátedra Philips Imagen Biomédica, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.affiliation: Diseño y Producción Artística de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.affiliation: Diseño y Producción Artística de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katic
authors.affiliation: Área de Imagen Médica, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lemercier
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz Dhó
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D057181:Pleasure; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult