Healing Environment: AEDET and ASPECT Assessment Systems and Instruments

Attention to healthcare and the need for resource optimization perpetuates the importance of designing more humanized hospital environments that positively contribute to patient recovery. Research and future healthcare facilities should be continuously expanded, considering changes in technology, systems, and the design of the physical environment. This article provides a concise analysis of the evaluation tools AEDET (Achieving Excellence Design Evaluation Toolkit) and ASPECT (Staff and Patient Environment Calibration Tool), created in the United Kingdom through a discipline called Evidence-Based Design (EBD), which studies the quality of the healthcare physical environment based on evidence. The central objective of this article is to highlight the importance of these evaluation systems and instruments, as well as their research methods and studies, through reports and opinions from patients and staff regarding their perceptions in the case study of the Oncology Unit at the University Hospital of Brasília - HUB.