Color Selection Study Of Children's Outpatient Clinic Interior Related To Patient Stress Level

Abstract

The interior of an outpatient clinic is generally a very scary thing for children, especially when they are sick. This is because if you are sick, the patient's stress level will increase, especially pediatric patients. Seeing this trend, it is considered important to minimize the patient's stress level, because the patient's increased stress level can cause the patient's immune system to decrease so that it is more difficult in the healing process. One of the patient's stress levels can be caused by the interior atmosphere in the waiting room and doctor's office. One way to minimize patient stress levels is by implementing the right colors in the interior of waiting rooms and doctors' offices in pediatric outpatient clinics. Given this, it is considered necessary to examine interior studies related to color selection in patient waiting rooms and pediatrician offices. The method used in this study is the method of discriptive analysis. To design the right interior in the childcare clinic, you should use a concept that can display a warmer, calmer, and cheerful interior , besides being supported by facilities with attractive designs so that children can forget about their stresnya due to the illness they suffer. While currently the selection of the right color of the interior of the pediatric clinic, especially in the waiting room and doctor's practice, is still not considered, only payattention to the necessary facilities. Colors that are suitable to be applied to the interior of the practice and waiting room of the children's outpatient clinic include soft and fresh warna such as blue, green, yellow and orange are usually quite effective in providing a warm, calm, and cheerful sensation for children, especially those who are experiencing It hurts. But it does not rule out the possibility of implementing other colors that also need to encourage pediatric patients such as red, but should not be implemented too dominantly