The positive impact of environmentally artistic design in cultural architecture on OCD audience

Abstract

BackgroundRecurrent compulsive thoughts and behaviors caused by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) against the subjective wishes of the individual can lead to significant distress and anxiety for the patient. To improve the therapeutic effect on patients with severe OCD, to study the positive impact of environmental art design of cultural architecture under the characteristics of modern aesthetic psychology on patients with OCD.Subjects and MethodsTwenty-five patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were selected as the experimental group and another 25 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder as the control group. Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) was used to collect data on the two groups. Learning and appreciating seven days of aesthetic art design as a cycle and three cycles as a course of treatment. In each process, the two groups of patients were tested for obsessive-compulsive disorder scores until the end of 5 courses.ResultsThe mean scores of the experimental and control groups were 33 and 35 after one course of treatment and 22 and 36 after five treatment methods, respectively. The experimental group significantly improved symptom relief, emotion regulation, and psychological comfort, while the control group had no significant change.ConclusionsCreating a building environment with aesthetic value and emotional resonance can significantly alleviate the symptoms of OCD and improve the audience’s emotional regulation ability and psychological comfort. Therefore, attention should be paid to the application and publicity of aesthetic and psychological characteristics in cultural architecture design to provide comfortable environmental art experiences for obsessive-compulsive disorder audiences.