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Evaluation of Alexandria Police Hospital Gardens Environment : Utilization and Garden Users Satisfaction

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Alexandria Police Hospital (APH), Alexandria, Egypt was planned and built between 2005 and 2010. It was established exactly in the entrance of Alexandria city on Cairo- Alexandria desert road occupying an area of about 42000m2. The hospital has a garden of about 18% of the total area. Since the concept of healing garden is not yet mature in Egypt, an evaluation was conducted between 2010 and 2014 to determine whether the garden was matching the international standards of hospital or healing gardens and whether the garden was meeting the goals and benefits of similar healing gardens. Results from site observations and the statistically analyzed questionnaires indicated several facts: the majority of the tested sample believe that the hospital garden is a very important component of the healthcare facilities. With respect to the general features and components of the gardens, the questionnaires proved that there were points of satisfaction; included the general shape and appearance of the gardens, the general shape of plants and green lawns, garden maintenance and cleaning level which gives a nice pleasant welcome shape to the garden as well as creates a healthy atmosphere for patients and other garden user groups. On the other hand, there were serious points of dissatisfaction including the absence of pergolas, umbrellas and trellises which have been reflected as a problem since there is no way to protect patients and visitors from wind, sunrays or extremes in temperature. Most of the visitors were dissatisfied about the limited variety of plant species and colures, the plants of the garden are not enough to expertise the patients five senses, seeing, smelling, tasting, touching or hearing. The garden users complain, also, because there are no enough walkways with standard characteristics with normal slope for moving wheelchairs. The absence of sitting places in the garden as well as the absence of sculpture and other artistic pieces was one of the serious complains of the garden users. Finally, most of the visitors expressed their dissatisfaction concerning the night lighting of the garden which proved to be insufficient which makes a problem especially for old patients, visually impaired individuals as well as those who have undergone leg bones operations. Based on the results obtained, recommendation for changes was developed to promote better use and benefits of the garden. These research findings can be used to guide the future planning, design, building and subsequent evaluation of garden environments in healthcare facilities.

DOI

10.21608/jalexu.2015.161562

Keywords

Healing Gardens, Hospital gardens, Alexandria Police Hospital (APH)

Authors

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Hend M. A.

Last Name

Elsweefy

MiddleName

Mohamed Amir

Affiliation

Landscape gardening engineer in Alexandria Police Hospital

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Thanaa

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Ezz

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Mustafa

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Plant Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alex. Univ.

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Mohamed

Last Name

ElTorky

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Gamal

Affiliation

Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Gardening Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alex. Univ.

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20

Article Issue

3

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23564

Issue Date

2015-09-01

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2015-08-20

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2015-10-01

Page Start

518

Page End

531

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1110-5585

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2785-9525

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1,789

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Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches

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23 Jan 2023