Kids’ Perceptions toward Children’s Ward Healing Environments: A Case Study of Taiwan University Children’s Hospital

Table 5

Descriptive statistics for the perceptions of children toward the NTUCH healing environment.

Sex	Age (~years old)	Mean					Standard deviation					Frequency
		Emotions	Space design	Interpersonal interaction	Pleasant surroundings	Overall	Emotions	Space design	Interpersonal interaction	Pleasant surroundings	Overall
Girls	7–9	4.35	4.51	4.23	4.44	4.41	.565	.595	.845	.695	.545	48
	10–12	4.26	4.48	4.27	4.37	4.37	.624	.545	.637	.632	.547	64
	13–15	4.08	4.38	3.89	3.92	4.14	.540	.555	.640	.552	.479	53
	16–18	4.18	4.44	4.04	4.01	4.22	.575	.561	.721	.610	.531	50
	Average	4.22	4.45	4.11	4.19	4.29	.584	.561	.720	.657	.534	215
Boys	7–9	4.31	4.49	4.22	4.35	4.37	.532	.472	.700	.708	.494	54
	10–12	4.22	4.39	4.09	4.23	4.27	.586	.540	.711	.594	.530	64
	13–15	4.24	4.41	4.07	3.98	4.23	.584	.521	.633	.654	.518	41
	16–18	3.89	4.02	3.64	3.73	3.87	.632	.738	.745	.707	.614	27
	Average	4.20	4.37	4.06	4.14	4.23	.589	.567	.715	.687	.549	186
All children	7–9	4.33	4.50	4.23	4.39	4.39	.545	.531	.768	.700	.516	102
	10–12	4.24	4.44	4.18	4.30	4.32	.603	.542	.678	.615	.538	128
	13–15	4.15	4.39	3.97	3.94	4.18	.562	.538	.639	.596	.496	94
	16–18	4.08	4.29	3.90	3.91	4.10	.608	.655	.749	.655	.583	77
	Average	4.21	4.41	4.09	4.17	4.26	.585	.564	.717	.671	.541	401