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Item Restricted Reducing anxiety levels by means of interior design(2020) Hadi, Maryam; Larsen, Sigurd; Martín, Javier; bachelor thesis in Interior Design"In today's world, every single individual faces various difficulties throughout their daily lives. In recent decades, mental health has become a bold topic and more studies have been done to shed light on its topics, but the number of people who are suffering from mental illnesses/disorders has also been increasing. These disorders are more easily recognizable these days, with factors such as social media, immigration, higher living standards, etc, playing an important role both contributing factors and diagnostic markers. (Keck School of Medicine of USC 2020) [...] When it comes to anxiety, almost everyone has dealt with it in one form or another. Although it is not always categorized as a disorder, we all have experienced having stress, sometimes to the point of getting a panic attack. Considering the widespread nature of the condition and the fact that we spend most of our daily time in indoor spaces, it is important that interior spaces work to help reduce our anxiety levels and influence our stress levels in the most positive way. The aim of this research is to investigate how and to what extent designers can change an interior space, in order to make it more suitable for someone who is dealing with anxiety and minimize the elements that trigger their tension and stress. It needs to be noted that the goal is not to come up with a conclusion that cures anxiety, as that is a medical matter and needs professional medical expertise. [...] The long-term objective of this research is to discover the answer to the following questions: ● How can interior designers reduce anxiety levels? ● What are the most influential design elements that can be modified to positively impact anxiety? ● To what extent can interior designers influence this domain?"Item Restricted Waiting for a Change : Accommodating the Needs of Parents and Children in the Reinvention of Healthcare Facility Waiting Rooms(2021) Seewald, Miwha; Larsen, Sigurd; Starck, Adrian von; bachelor thesis in Interior Architecture / Interior DesignMACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE : A universal human experience in a place where thoughts spiral, agitation and anxiety grow, and you have no indication of how much longer you will be stuck there. Waiting rooms in medical institutions trigger for many people a myriad of negative emotions and frustration at their general unsuitability and one could say neglect of the user experience. (Montgomery, 2017, 114) The event of waiting takes on a very inflated scope of stress and anxiety with a young child who may or may not be ill in that moment. The focus of this bachelor project is on the needs of this particular user group: that of a parent1 and child and how they could be better met in the design of healthcare facility waiting rooms. While any space can be defined as a waiting room by placing a chair in a room, could this concept be reinvented or improved? It is easy enough to rely on personal experience to validate the problem but looking no further than the clinic review page of the local hospital pediatric ward, will display a number of parent reviews on their experience. While it can be assumed that dissatisfaction is a common motivator for an opportunity to vent, one of the categories they are invited to rate on a star system among others is ‘furnishings and design’, with space to share their story, unsurprisingly, reviews of waiting spaces where mentioned are rarely positive. (Medizinfo) Waiting to be seen by a health expert is all too common. According to the European Commission Eurostat statistics gathered on the average number of consultations per EU Member State inhabitant during 2017, most countries fall between 4 and 10. Germany weighs in at the upper end of the scale at an average of 10 consultations per person a year2. (Eurostat 2017) From the perspective of a parent, where any form of waiting with small children can feel like a form of punishment, this particular form within the context of healthcare facilities, comes with a unique and additional anxiety. More specifically, that it either involves a sick child, a routine check-up which could reveal new concerns, and or the exposure of a healthy child to a place where sick and potentially infectious children will be or have been. From a study taken in an Italian hospital which investigated the experience of families waiting for treatment in day hospitals, ethnographic data gathered from the patients and their parents revealed that it was the parents and not the child patients who were dealing with feeling anxiety and concern. (Corsano, 2015) Boredom is often used synonymously with waiting (Hedges, 2018, 99), likely a common sentiment shared even more so with children who are asked to sit and wait. If not unwell this will be the main challenge for the waiting child, and prolonged boredom can lead to agitation and feelings of negativity. (Holinger, 2020)