@article {Azzahra:2017:0736-2935:3635,
title = "Hospital Soundscape: Perception Analysis of Acoustics Environment in Intensive Care Unit",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2017",
volume = "255",
number = "4",
publication date ="2017-12-07T00:00:00",
pages = "3635-3640",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2017/00000255/00000004/art00079",
author = "Azzahra, Iva Rofiatun Nisa and Fela, Randy Frans and Sarwono, Joko and Utami, Sentagi Sesotya and Hardjoprawito, Tri Juda Airlangga and Sedono, Rudyanto",
abstract = "The quality of acoustic environment can be measured according to soundscape dimensions. The study of soundscape dimension has been conducted mainly in an urban area and resulting soundscape dimensions for soundscape rating. In an urban area, the main noise sources (such as traffic noise
or construction noise) usually do not contain valuable information. However, in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital, the characteristic of main noise sources are different. Our previous study shows that some main noise sources (medical equipment) are expected to be heard and important
for the nurse because the noise sources contain valuable information regarding the patient's condition. Due to the characteristic difference, the soundscape dimensions in ICU might be different from the urban soundscape The aim of this study is to define soundscape dimension for ICU from the
nurse's point of view. A questionnaire using semantic differential scale was distributed to the nurses to find out their perception to acoustics environment in ICU. The result is then analyzed using principal component analysis to determine the soundscape dimensions for ICU. The soundscape
dimension obtained can further be used as a tool in evaluating the soundscape of ICU. Initial study shows that the soundscape of ICU can be described in terms of calmness, dynamics, and information.",
}