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Title: | Measuring the impact of bedroom privacy on social networks in a long-term care facility for Hong Kong older adults : a spatio-social network analysis approach | Authors: | Yang, ACH Chaudhury, H Ho, JCF Lau, N |
Issue Date: | Apr-2023 | Source: | International journal of environmental research and public health, Apr. 2023, v. 20, no. 8, 5494 | Abstract: | This study aims to measure the impact of bedroom privacy on residents’ social networks in a long-term care (LTC) facility for older adults. Little is known about how the architectural design of bedrooms affects residents’ social networks in compact LTC facilities. Five design factors affecting privacy were examined: bedroom occupancy, visual privacy, visibility, bedroom adjacency, and transitional space. We present a spatio-social network analysis approach to analyse the social network structures of 48 residents. Results show that residents with the highest bedroom privacy had comparatively smaller yet stronger groups of network partners in their own bedrooms. Further, residents who lived along short corridors interacted frequently with non-roommates in one another’s bedrooms. In contrast, residents who had the least privacy had relatively diverse network partners, however, with weak social ties. Clustering analyses also identified five distinct social clusters among residents of different bedrooms, ranging from diverse to restricted. Multiple regressions showed that these architectural factors are significantly associated with residents’ network structures. The findings have methodological implications for the study of physical environment and social networks which are useful for LTC service providers. We argue that our findings could inform current policies to develop LTC facilities aimed at improving residents’ well-being. | Keywords: | Compact living Long-term care home Older adults Physical environment Social network analysis |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | International journal of environmental research and public health | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | EISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20085494 | Rights: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Yang, A.C.H.; Chaudhury, H.; Ho, J.C.F.; Lau, N. Measuring the Impact of Bedroom Privacy on Social Networks in a Long-Term Care Facility for Hong Kong Older Adults: A Spatio-Social Network Analysis Approach. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5494 is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085494. |
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