The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit

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Autor(a) principal: Carvalhais, C
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Rodrigues, C, Xavier, A, Silva, MV, Santos, J
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/149555
Resumo: The design of neonatal intensive care units (NICU) influences both patient safety and clinical outcomes as well as the acoustic conditions. In NICU exposure to sound pressure levels above the recommended can affect both neonates and healthcare staff. This study aimed to evaluate the sound pressure levels and to assess noise perception of professionals in a NICU before and after structural modifications and layout redesign. The measurements were performed with a sound level meter. A questionnaire was given to staff before and after the intervention. The opinion of healthcare staff regarding noise in NICU was better after the intervention, when compared with the responses previously given. The results showed that noise levels were excessive in the NICU (before and after), exceeding the international recommendations, with the levels ranging between 46.6 dBA to 57.8 dBA before and 52.0 dBA to 54.0 dBA after intervention. Overall, there is a need for more research in order to verify the effectiveness of some actions and strategies to reduce the impact of noise in NICU.
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title The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
spellingShingle The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
Carvalhais, C
noise
layout
design
healthcare
sound
title_short The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
title_full The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
title_fullStr The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
title_full_unstemmed The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
title_sort The impact of structural changes on sound pressure levels in a neonatal intensive care unit
author Carvalhais, C
author_facet Carvalhais, C
Rodrigues, C
Xavier, A
Silva, MV
Santos, J
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues, C
Xavier, A
Silva, MV
Santos, J
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carvalhais, C
Rodrigues, C
Xavier, A
Silva, MV
Santos, J
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv noise
layout
design
healthcare
sound
topic noise
layout
design
healthcare
sound
description The design of neonatal intensive care units (NICU) influences both patient safety and clinical outcomes as well as the acoustic conditions. In NICU exposure to sound pressure levels above the recommended can affect both neonates and healthcare staff. This study aimed to evaluate the sound pressure levels and to assess noise perception of professionals in a NICU before and after structural modifications and layout redesign. The measurements were performed with a sound level meter. A questionnaire was given to staff before and after the intervention. The opinion of healthcare staff regarding noise in NICU was better after the intervention, when compared with the responses previously given. The results showed that noise levels were excessive in the NICU (before and after), exceeding the international recommendations, with the levels ranging between 46.6 dBA to 57.8 dBA before and 52.0 dBA to 54.0 dBA after intervention. Overall, there is a need for more research in order to verify the effectiveness of some actions and strategies to reduce the impact of noise in NICU.
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