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. 2021 Aug 19;18(16):8769. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168769

Table 9.

Perceptions about room design features and distances.

Participant Survey Round The Ideal Room Would Have the Bathroom Located on the: The Ideal Room Would Have the Bathroom: The Ideal Opening to the Patient Bathroom Has: Ideal Distance to the Bathroom Door is (x′-y″) Maximum Unsupported Patient Walking Distance (x′-y″) Ideal Clear Door Width to the Bathroom (x′-y″) Additional Capital Costs Are Justifiable in the Context of Cost Avoidance from Falls: (5-Point Likert scale, 1 = Strongly Agree)
P1 Pre HW IB Door/relief panel 6′ 2′ 36″ 2
Post HW IB Single 5′ 2′ 36″ 2
P2 Pre FW OB Sliding 4–5′ 4′ 48″ 1
Post FW OB Sliding 3–4′ 3′ 42″ 1
P3 Pre HW IB Sliding 4′ 3′ 2
Post FW IB Sliding or door/relief <4′ <3′ 48″ 1
P4 Pre NS IB Sliding 4′ 1.5′ 42″ 2
Post NS IB Sliding 3′ FW,
3′ + HW
<3′ 42″ 2
P5 Pre NS NS Sliding 4′ 1.5′ 42″ 1
Post NS NS Sliding 3.5′ 1–1.5′ 42″ 1
P6 Pre NS NS Sliding NS NS 44″ 1
Post FW NS Sliding 5′ 5′ 44″ 1

Legend: HW: headwall; FW: footwall; IB: inboard; OB: outboard, NS: not sure.