title: [Single Patient Room Design in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Parent Perceptions of Open Ward vs. Single Patient Room Units].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Single patient room design is not yet implemented in German neonatal intensive care units. Surveys from other countries revealed positive and negative implications on the staff, the patients and their families. The survey examines the perceptions of parents who experienced both facilities - the traditional multipatient ward and the individual patient room - during their babies' hospital stays.
  
  
  METHODS
  A standardized questionnaire was used to assess the perceptions of parents. The results were compared to international surveys.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During their stay in the single patient room, parents noticed improvements in privacy and data protection and a reduction in harmful environmental stimuli affecting their babies. These results are comparable to those of international surveys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single patient room design is mostly perceived as an improvement by parents. The room design can complement an implemented concept of developmental and family-centered care.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Nursing Practice, Koblenz.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bodack
authors.affiliation: MSH Medical School Hamburg, Department Pflege, Hamburg.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schenk
authors.affiliation: MSH Medical School Hamburg, Department Pflege, Hamburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karutz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016494:Computer Security / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003219:Confidentiality; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult