[Understanding of environmental impact with inpatients based on structural modeling].

This study examined how inpatients perceive environmental impacts using the ISM(Interpretive Structural Modeling)method. 18 new items among inpatients perceiving the environmental impacts were selected through a discussion with three researchers, two nurses, and six patients. This was applied to two inpatients who were not in the same ambulatory state in order to establish the validity of the structural models. As a result, the structuring models showed the difference depending on each patient. Therefore the structuring model is effective to assess the environmental impacts on individuals.