The goal of this blog is to restore optimism in patients by changing the visual atmosphere and the business-like management of the hospital. In order to reinforce my belief that optimism helps fight disease, I found a study that embodies my argument.
The Credit Valley hospital in Ontario, Canada conducted an experiment on the correlation between optimism and less distressed patients. Their results were recently published in the journal of Health Psychology. Through research, the hospital has proved that "what people think and believe can affect how they feel, and can also determine who well they do." They study emphasized the fact that people have the power to change their own attitudes if they want to.
Research psychologists at Credit Valley monitored a variety of patients, all with life altering diseases. First they tracked patients who previously had heart attacks or were diagnosed with unstable angina. They found that after a year after these accidents, optimistic patients were less depressed than those who were pessimistic.
A second study involved patients who had underwent heart bypass surgery. Again, optimists recovered from surgery faster and with less complications than pessimists.
The same results were found when patients with rheumatoid arthritis, chronic back pain, and multiple sclerosis were monitored. If these patients maintained positive attitudes and believed that they were being proactive about their care, then they did better. However, the people who felt helpless and worried about their symptoms only progressed further into their unhealthy states.
This article bears much weight in my blog. If art and atmosphere makes us happy, happiness leads to optimism, and optimism results in healthier patients. The proof is undeniable.
The Credit Valley hospital in Ontario, Canada conducted an experiment on the correlation between optimism and less distressed patients. Their results were recently published in the journal of Health Psychology. Through research, the hospital has proved that "what people think and believe can affect how they feel, and can also determine who well they do." They study emphasized the fact that people have the power to change their own attitudes if they want to.
Research psychologists at Credit Valley monitored a variety of patients, all with life altering diseases. First they tracked patients who previously had heart attacks or were diagnosed with unstable angina. They found that after a year after these accidents, optimistic patients were less depressed than those who were pessimistic.
A second study involved patients who had underwent heart bypass surgery. Again, optimists recovered from surgery faster and with less complications than pessimists.
The same results were found when patients with rheumatoid arthritis, chronic back pain, and multiple sclerosis were monitored. If these patients maintained positive attitudes and believed that they were being proactive about their care, then they did better. However, the people who felt helpless and worried about their symptoms only progressed further into their unhealthy states.
This article bears much weight in my blog. If art and atmosphere makes us happy, happiness leads to optimism, and optimism results in healthier patients. The proof is undeniable.
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