The Healing Environment of Dental Clinics through the Eyes of Patients and Healthcare Professionals: A Pilot Study

Maria Sarapultseva (), Alena Zolotareva, Natal’ya Nasretdinova and Alexey Sarapultsev
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Maria Sarapultseva: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Medical Firm Vital EBB, 620144 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Alena Zolotareva: School of Psychology, HSE University, 101000 Moscow, Russia
Natal’ya Nasretdinova: Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization «Association Stomatology», 620102 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Alexey Sarapultsev: Russian-Chinese Education and Research Center of System Pathology, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-10

Abstract: The physical environment of healthcare settings can promote both the healing process and patient feelings of well-being, as well as instill positive emotions in employees. The present study aimed to evaluate the dental work environment of a typical private and public dental clinic to identify key parameters that determine the perception of health facilities by patients and employees. The study was carried out from 1 to 20 December 2021, in two dental clinics in Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation) using ‘ASPECT’. The participants were 58 staff and 94 patients. The results showed that, compared with patients, staff reported higher views scores, nature and outdoors scores, and comfort and control scores. The common criterion that distinguishes private clinics from public ones was comfort and control. Compared with patients in state clinics, patients in private clinics reported higher privacy, company and dignity scores, comfort and control scores, interior appearance scores, and facility scores. In general, while views scores and nature parameters can be singled out as a universal absolute value for everyone in a particular environment, staff pay more attention to factors that contribute to long-term comfortable stay and performance of their duties.

Keywords: ASPECT; dental clinic; dentistry; healing environment; work environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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