Philips new light relieves pressure on patients

Philips Electronics is developing hospital lighting to help patients reduce stress and eventually heal, as part of the Philips Environmental Experience Program (AE).

The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has just installed a controlled lighting system. After radioactive injection, the patient needs to wait for the next cancer cell scan and waits for an hour. During the stressful, lonely waiting, the patient can Adjust light color and intensity. Murray Gillies of the Philips Research Center stated: “A questionnaire survey shows that the patient’s anxiety is much better than the control group, but this evidence is not sufficient, but at least shows that our research is in the right direction.” Murray Gillies also said, “The decrease in anxiety level Improve the quality of scanned images."

The controllable lighting system includes a video with a relaxing sound quality and a slow natural theme. Philips calls them "pleasing aesthetics and moderate participation". They attract attractive attention without Excessive stimulation means that people are involved rather than entertaining. The storyline of the video is loose, such as a hot air balloon ride through the countryside or a canal trip.