The relationship between human behaviour and the physical environment assumes two basic form. On the one hand, our behaviour affects environmental quality… On the other hand, the quality of our physical surroundings affects our mental and physical health”

   (Evans, 1982).

 

Zimring in his study entitled The Building Environment as a Source of Psychological Stress states that: “the vulnerability of hospital patients and their relative powerless in hospital social structure is reinforced by hospital architecture “(Schumaker, 1982 ; Reizenstein, 1982) the role of a patient is very constraining, the lack of control and uncertainty increase levels of stress in patients, as declared by Lorber, (1979) “inpatient care imposes on patient a role characterized by submission to professional authority, enforced cooperation, and depersonalised status”. Drastic changes as the one encountered in a healthcare environmental affect our capacity to cope and elevate the stressor levels, as pointed by Evans (1982) “irritatibility, depression, anxiety and other indicators of mental health can be affected by changes in environmental quality. Stressor have a high impact on patient recovery, noise is also often asserted as high negative environmental characteristic which increases patient’s perception of pain therefore increase the intake of pain medication, as a major impact in patients’ sleep and may cause confusion and disorientation (Schweitzer, 2004; Gilpin, 2004;

Frampton, 2004).