Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Indoor And Built Environment, cilt.1, ss.1-18, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
Abstract
The present study presents a three-step methodology to determine the environmental satisfaction levels
of the elderly individuals in nursing home gardens. The first step comprised the selection of seven
nursing homes in five provinces in the Eastern Black Sea region in Turkey. In the second step, 130
participants were selected among the residents of these seven nursing homes via random sampling. In
the third step, the satisfaction level of the nursing home residents with the institution gardens was
determined. A correlation analysis showed a positive relationship between the environmental and individual characteristics (r ¼ 0.554; p < 0.01). Simple regression analysis was conducted to determine the
effect of environmental characteristics on the satisfaction of individual needs, after determining the
direction and level of the relationship between the environmental and the individual characteristics
via correlation analysis. The analysis indicated a significant relationship between the environmental
and individual characteristics (R ¼ 0.610; R2 ¼ 0.373; F ¼ 75.991; p <0.001). In conclusion, increased level
of satisfaction with the existing physical characteristics of the gardens resulted in an increased level in
meeting the psychosocial needs of the elderly individuals, thus, the environmental satisfaction level of
nursing home residents increased as well