Daylight reduces burnout

A team lead by Ziabari found that “The research question was to identify the connection between daylight, nature-view windows, and hospital staff burnout during Covid-19. . . . Three questionnaires were used: demographic, physical space of the hospital, daylight, nature-view windows, and Maslach Burnout Inventory. . . . 27.1% of work-related burnout in nurses and physicians was predictable with age, light, marital status, and hospitals. Our results showed that accessing more daylight could reduce burnout. . . . the daylight impact on burnout reduction is more significant than other factors. It is suggested that adequate lighting, proper environmental design, and nature-view windows could create appropriate space for enhancing medical staff satisfaction and reducing burnout.” Open the curtains!

Seyyed Ziabari, Elham Andalib, Masoumeh Faghani, Nazanin Roodsari, Nima Arzhangi, Mahnaz Khesht-Masjedi, and Ehsan Leyli.  “Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment:  A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era.” HERD: Health Environments Research and Design Journal, in press, https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867221148168