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Multisensory, Nature-Inspired Recharge Rooms Yield Short-Term Reductions in Perceived Stress Among Frontline Healthcare Workers

We are currently facing global healthcare crisis that has placed unprecedented stress on healthcare workers as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is imperative that we develop novel tools to assist healthcare workers in dealing with the significant additional stress and trauma t...

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Autores principales: Putrino, David, Ripp, Jonathan, Herrera, Joseph E., Cortes, Mar, Kellner, Christopher, Rizk, Dahlia, Dams-O’Connor, Kristen
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33329188
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560833
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author Putrino, David
Ripp, Jonathan
Herrera, Joseph E.
Cortes, Mar
Kellner, Christopher
Rizk, Dahlia
Dams-O’Connor, Kristen
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Ripp, Jonathan
Herrera, Joseph E.
Cortes, Mar
Kellner, Christopher
Rizk, Dahlia
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description We are currently facing global healthcare crisis that has placed unprecedented stress on healthcare workers as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is imperative that we develop novel tools to assist healthcare workers in dealing with the significant additional stress and trauma that has arisen as a result of the pandemic. Based in research on the effects of immersive environments on mood, a neuroscience research laboratory was rapidly repurposed using commercially available technologies and materials to create a nature-inspired relaxation space. Frontline healthcare workers were invited to book 15-min experiences in the Recharge Room before, during or after their shifts, where they were exposed to the immersive, multisensory experience 496 Recharge Room users (out of a total of 562) completed a short survey about their experience during an unselected, consecutive 14-day period. Average self-reported stress levels prior to entering the Recharge Room were 4.58/6 (±1.1). After a single 15-min experience in the Recharge Room, the average user-reported stress level was significantly reduced 1.85/6 (±1.2; p < 0.001; paired t-test). Net Promoter Score for the experience was 99.3%. Recharge Rooms such as those described here produce significant short-term reductions in perceived stress, and users find them highly enjoyable. These rooms may be of general utility in high-stress healthcare environments.
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spelling pubmed-77140472020-12-15 Multisensory, Nature-Inspired Recharge Rooms Yield Short-Term Reductions in Perceived Stress Among Frontline Healthcare Workers Putrino, David Ripp, Jonathan Herrera, Joseph E. Cortes, Mar Kellner, Christopher Rizk, Dahlia Dams-O’Connor, Kristen Front Psychol Psychology We are currently facing global healthcare crisis that has placed unprecedented stress on healthcare workers as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is imperative that we develop novel tools to assist healthcare workers in dealing with the significant additional stress and trauma that has arisen as a result of the pandemic. Based in research on the effects of immersive environments on mood, a neuroscience research laboratory was rapidly repurposed using commercially available technologies and materials to create a nature-inspired relaxation space. Frontline healthcare workers were invited to book 15-min experiences in the Recharge Room before, during or after their shifts, where they were exposed to the immersive, multisensory experience 496 Recharge Room users (out of a total of 562) completed a short survey about their experience during an unselected, consecutive 14-day period. Average self-reported stress levels prior to entering the Recharge Room were 4.58/6 (±1.1). After a single 15-min experience in the Recharge Room, the average user-reported stress level was significantly reduced 1.85/6 (±1.2; p < 0.001; paired t-test). Net Promoter Score for the experience was 99.3%. Recharge Rooms such as those described here produce significant short-term reductions in perceived stress, and users find them highly enjoyable. These rooms may be of general utility in high-stress healthcare environments. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7714047/ /pubmed/33329188 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560833 Text en Copyright © 2020 Putrino, Ripp, Herrera, Cortes, Kellner, Rizk and Dams-O’Connor. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Putrino, David
Ripp, Jonathan
Herrera, Joseph E.
Cortes, Mar
Kellner, Christopher
Rizk, Dahlia
Dams-O’Connor, Kristen
Multisensory, Nature-Inspired Recharge Rooms Yield Short-Term Reductions in Perceived Stress Among Frontline Healthcare Workers
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title_short Multisensory, Nature-Inspired Recharge Rooms Yield Short-Term Reductions in Perceived Stress Among Frontline Healthcare Workers
title_sort multisensory, nature-inspired recharge rooms yield short-term reductions in perceived stress among frontline healthcare workers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33329188
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560833
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