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15. Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azar, Elie, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T, Huebner, Gesche M, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, MC Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Montazami, Azadeh, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, de Abreu, Ana Lígia Papst, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F, Rivera, Ma Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B, Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, ZahraSadat

Subjects
Thermal comfort, Thermal sensation, Thermal acceptance, Field study, Scales, Post-Occupancy-Evaluation: Climatic zone, Season, Language, Adaptation, Diversity, Engineering, Built Environment and Design, Building & Construction
Abstract

People's subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results collected in this way rely on the assumption that specific distances between verbal anchors placed on the scale exist and that relationships between verbal anchors from different dimensions that are assessed (e.g. thermal sensation and comfort) do not change. Another inherent assumption is that such scales are independent of the context in which they are used (climate zone, season, etc.). Despite their use worldwide, there is indication that contextual differences influence the way the scales are perceived and therefore question the reliability of the scales’ interpretation. To address this issue, a large international collaborative questionnaire study was conducted in 26 countries, using 21 different languages, which led to a dataset of 8225 questionnaires. Results, analysed by means of robust statistical techniques, revealed that only a subset of the responses are in accordance with the mentioned assumptions. Significant differences appeared between groups of participants in their perception of the scales, both in relation to distances of the anchors and relationships between scales. It was also found that respondents’ interpretations of scales changed with contextual factors, such as climate, season, and language. These findings highlight the need to carefully consider context-dependent factors in interpreting and reporting results from thermal comfort studies or post-occupancy evaluations, as well as to revisit the use of rating scales and the analysis methods used in thermal comfort studies to improve their reliability.

Published
2020

16. Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti, Daniel, Lyrian, Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa, Huebner, Gesche, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph, Rivera, Ma, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu, Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra

Abstract

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Published
2020

18. The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti, Daniel, Lyrian, Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa, Huebner, Gesche, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph, Rivera, Ma, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu, Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra

Abstract

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for example in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades; however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.

Published
2019

45. Birth and postnatal outcomes among infants of immigrant parents of different admission categories and parents born in Canada: a population-based retrospective study.

Author

Yang, Seungmi, Shapiro, Gabriel D., Ng, Edward, Vissandjée, Bilkis, and Vang, Zoua M.

Subjects
PARENT-infant relationships, NEONATAL death, PREMATURE labor, BIRTHPARENTS, RETROSPECTIVE studies
Abstract

Background: Most studies of disparities in birth and postnatal outcomes by parental birthplace combine all immigrants into a single group. We sought to evaluate heterogeneity among immigrants in Canada by comparing birth and postnatal outcomes across different immigration categories. Methods: We conducted a population-based retrospective study using Statistics Canada data on live births and stillbirths (1993–2017) and infant deaths (1993–2018), linked to parental immigration data (1960–2017). We classified birthing parents as born in Canada, economic-class immigrants, family-class immigrants, or refugees, and evaluated differences in preterm births, small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) births, stillbirths, and infant deaths among singleton births by group. Results: Among 7 980 650 births, 1 715 050 (21.5%) were to immigrants, including 632 760 (36.9%) in the economic class, 853 540 (49.8%) in the family class, and 228 740 (13.4%) refugees. Compared with infants of Canadian-born birthing parents, infants of each of the 3 immigrant groups had higher risk of preterm birth, SGA birth, and stillbirth, but lower risk of LGA birth and neonatal death. Compared with infants of economic-class immigrants, infants of refugees had higher risk of early preterm birth (0.9% v. 0.8%, adjusted risk ratio [RR] 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.15) and LGA birth (9.2% v. 7.5%, adjusted RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.10–1.15), but lower risk of SGA birth (10.2% v. 11.0%, adjusted RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.90–0.94), while infants of family-class immigrants had higher risk of SGA birth (12.2% v. 11.0%, adjusted RR 1.01, 95% CI 1.00–1.02). Risk of stillbirth, neonatal death, and overall infant death did not differ significantly among immigrant groups. Interpretation: Heterogeneity exists in outcomes of infants born to immigrants to Canada across immigration categories. These results highlight the importance of disaggregating immigrant populations in studies of health disparities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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