Stimuli towards well-being in an environment with Complementary and Integrative Practices (CIPs)

Abstract This article presents a proposal to categorise stimuli that influence well-being in therapeutic environments following Complementary and Integrative Practices (CIPs). With the broader aim of understanding which environmental stimuli influence the well-being of CIP therapeutic environment users, this qualitative research adopted a multimethod approach: bibliographic and documentary research; walkthrough analysis; exploratory visits; environment observations; and finally, interviews. After cross-referencing a literature review and an environmental assessment of three case studies during 2017, a categorisation was drawn up, and it suggests that the stimuli which most influence well-being in CIP environments are: Artistic, Auditory, Biological, Luminous and Hygrothermal Comfort, Energetic, Spatial, Natural, Olfactory, Social and Socio-Spatial stimuli. Included in a broader debate on creating environments favourable to users’ health, and in line with an increasing demand of CIPs in Brazil, this categorisation aims at contributing to the knowledge of CIP environment-specific necessities and improving the quality from the early stage of project idealisation.

摘要 本文提出一套分类方案，用于对遵循补充与整合疗法（Complementary and Integrative Practices, CIPs）的治疗环境中影响使用者幸福感的环境刺激因子进行归类。本研究的核心目标为明晰哪些环境刺激因子会对补充与整合疗法治疗环境的使用者的幸福感产生影响，为此，本项质性研究采用了多方法研究路径，涵盖文献与档案调研、现场遍历分析、探索性实地考察、环境观测及访谈法。2017年，研究团队通过交叉比对文献综述与三个案例研究的环境评估结果，构建了该分类框架，结果显示，在补充与整合疗法治疗环境中，对使用者幸福感影响最为显著的刺激因子包括：艺术类、听觉类、生物类、光照与温湿舒适类、能量类、空间类、自然类、嗅觉类、社交类及社会空间类刺激因子。本分类框架纳入了关于构建有益于使用者健康的治疗环境的广泛学术讨论，同时契合巴西国内补充与整合疗法日益增长的应用需求，旨在丰富学界对补充与整合疗法治疗环境专属需求的认知，并助力从项目构想的早期阶段起提升环境设计质量。