Desirable Bedding Color for Patients Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital - Summer Survey -.

A questionnaire survey was conducted, involving 64 patients admitted to psychiatric hospital, to clarify appropriate/inappropriate colors for a patients room, and their impressions of the following 6 bedding colors: white, pale red, pale yellow, pale green, pale blue, and pale violet. 1) The most appropriate bedding color for a patients room was white for males and pale red for females. The most inappropriate bedding color was pale red for males and pale yellow for females. 2) There was the most significant gender difference in the impression of pale red, as females tended to have a more positive impression. 3) The impression of pale blue varied according to patients' mood. More patients who were feeling down preferred pale blue beddings as a reassurance. 4) Three factors as "psychological comfort", "functional comfort", and "colorful" were extracted by factor analysis. Mean factor scores of "psychological comfort" were high for pale blue, white, and pale green; therefore, these were recommended as bedding color for psychiatric hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]