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) |
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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.