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A Staff and Patient Environment Calibration Tool (ASPECT)

ASPECT stands for A Staff and Patient Environment Calibration Tool. It is based on a database of over 600 pieces of research. That research deals with the way the healthcare environment can impact on the levels of satisfaction shown by staff and patients and on the health outcomes of patients and the performance of staff.

The ASPECT toolkit addresses eight key headings:

• Privacy, company and dignity
• Views
• Nature and outdoors
• Comfort and control
• Legibility of place
• Interior appearance
• Facilities
• Staff 

ASPECT can be used as a stand-alone tool, or it can be used to support AEDET Evolution to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the design of healthcare environments.

When used to support AEDET Evolution, it enables the user to score the Staff and Patient Environment Heading of AEDET Evolution in a more detailed, accurate way.