Maja KevdzijaTU Wien | TU Wien · Institute of Architecture and Design
Maja Kevdzija
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April 2021 - present
June 2019 - March 2021
Education
October 2015 - February 2020
September 2011 - October 2013
September 2008 - July 2011
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Publications (24)
BACKGROUND: Recovery from stroke aims at regaining mobility through performing activities. However, research studies on time use in rehabilitation environments consistently show low activity levels of stroke patients outside their scheduled therapies. It is not clear whether the architectural layout of clinics is related to patients’ activity.
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Stroke inpatients in rehabilitation clinics are highly inactive in their free time and often depend on staff members to transport them to scheduled therapies. This study examines how distances between spaces in rehabilitation clinics impact patients’ mobility. Seventy patients were shadowed over the course of one ordinary day in rehabilitation. Sha...
Purpose
To examine stroke inpatients’ real-life wayfinding behaviour and how the built environment of rehabilitation clinics might influence their behaviour and experiences.
Methods
Stroke inpatients in seven rehabilitation clinics were observed (n = 70), each over the course of 12 consecutive hours. Their paths through the clinic and the location...
Objectives: To investigate which spaces stroke patients visit in their free time while undergoing inpatient recovery in rehabilitation centers, what activities they engage in, and what kind of spaces they want.
Background: Research studies consistently show that stroke patients are highly inactive during rehabilitation. Much remains unknown about...
This poster introduces a conversation game as a research approach combining participatory, art-based methods to explore the built environment's impact on children affected by childhood stroke. This rare condition often results in long-term cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges.
The game is employed in a qualitative study to examine the em...
Conducting design research in hard-to-enter care environments with children affected by stroke poses important ethical questions. Research focuses on procedural ethics or on situated ethics, emphasizing a hard-cut between research practices before and during fieldwork. This paper explores this duality through an investigation of publicly available...
The global elderly population rises, increasing dementia cases. Built environment impact on dementia health outcomes is known, forming the basis for evidence-based design studies. There's a need for a comprehensive assessment framework due to the complexity of interactions among Architectural Variables (AVs) and Health and Care Outcomes (HCOs). Thi...
Shadowing is a research method that combines observing events and short on-the-go interviews to investigate people’s roles and behaviours in various settings. Even though it is not a widely used method in architectural research, it can be adapted to focus on the interaction of individuals with the built environment. This is especially important in...
Background
Individuals with stroke rehabilitated in an enriched environment (EE) compared to a non-EE are more likely to participate in cognitive and social activities, promoting their rehabilitation and well-being. There is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of methods to implement EEs within complex health systems, particularly in stro...
Objective:
The aim of this study is to analyze the consistency, variability, and potential standardization of terminology used to describe architectural variables (AVs) and health outcomes in evidence-based design (EBD) studies.
Background:
In EBD research, consistent terminology is crucial for studying the effects of AVs on health outcomes. Howev...
Stroke inpatients in rehabilitation clinics are highly inactive in their free time and often depend on staff members to transport them to scheduled therapies. This study examines how distances between spaces in rehabilitation clinics impact patients’ mobility. Seventy patients were shadowed over the course of one ordinary day in rehabilitation. Sha...
The purpose of this research is to provide insight into the various ways stroke patients use and interact with the built environment during their inpatient stay in rehabilitation clinics. Rehabilitation clinics are multi-story buildings where stroke patients live for weeks or months to receive intensive individualised therapies. Regardless of their...
The world’s aging population is growing rapidly; consequently, the population with dementia is also significantly increasing. The relationship between the built environment and Health and Care Outcomes (HCOs) of people with dementia has been established by a considerable amount of research on dementia-friendly design. To implement the findings of s...
Nutrition and mobility risks include complex and interrelated physiological, medical, and social factors. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that the built environment can affect patients’ well-being and recovery. Nevertheless, the relationship between the built environment, nutrition, and mobility in general hospitals is largely unexplored. T...
As one of the most common aging-related diseases, stroke is associated with the highest odds of reporting severe disability and causing a greater range of disabilities than any other condition. A broad scope of physical and psychological consequences that stroke survivors experience are often long-lasting and have a significant influence on their l...
Observation methods, including shadowing, are increasingly used in research. However, studies critically examining the shadowing method's versatility and applicability to various research fields are scarce. It is a rarely employed method in architectural research with some distinct advantages and challenges in the healthcare context, primarily when...
Stroke patients are still a group whose spatial needs are not well-understood. This study adopts a unique approach to studying the relationship between stroke patients and the built environment of rehabilitation clinics, as the first environment patients encounter after a hospital stay and where they undergo the recovery process intending to return...
Program Statement
The main goal for the project was to target and improve the independence and mobility of stroke inpatients during rehabilitation (which can last up to several months) by targeting the main identified problem areas in the built environment of rehabilitation clinics: wayfinding, distances between spaces, width of corridors, flooring...
Background and aims: Physical environment of healthcare facilities influences patients’ recovery and contributes to the quality of provided care. Stroke inpatients in rehabilitation clinics are generally inactive during their rehabilitation stay and often encounter barriers in the built environment. The aim of this PhD research study was to identif...
Background And Aims: During the inpatient time in rehabilitation clinics, which can last from several weeks to several months, mobile patients are required to attend therapies on their own several times per day. In addition to the various post-stroke impairments, their mobility is further limited by the encountered barriers in the physical environm...
Rehabilitation clinics remain until this day a greatly unexplored topic from the perspective of architectural design. Stroke is the most common condition that is treated in neurological rehabilitation clinics in Germany and it is a disease that causes the most complex disability. Since stroke numbers are expected to constantly grow in the future, t...
Patients are in a state of transition towards autonomy during the rehabilitation process. They need appropriate support to increase their
autonomy level and they require more opportunities for exercise after
they regained autonomy. The support towards autonomy comes not only from the medical care and emotional support from family but also from the...
Regaining independent mobility and general independence is the main goal of physical rehabilitation in stroke patients. The patients requiring rehabilitation stay as inpatients in rehabilitation clinics for a period of several weeks to several months. During this time, mobile patients are required to go to therapies and other scheduled appointments...