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Table 1.

Description of traditional and shared workspace concepts in a psychiatric outpatient clinic

Traditional workspace concept	Shared workspace concept
Consultation rooms (CR)	Consultation rooms (CR)	Activity-based workspace (ABW)
Immediate tasks of patient care and other tasks (e.g. paperwork, phone calls, dictations and communicating with colleagues) are carried out in CRs	The immediate tasks of patient care are carried out in CRs	Other tasks (e.g. paperwork, phone calls, dictations and communicating with colleagues) are carried out in ABWs
Rooms and workstations are assigned	Rooms and workstations are non-assigned (with some exceptions)	Workstations are non-assigned in the open area and in additional enclosed spaces (with some exceptions)
	HCPs switch rooms during the day and week
	Each unit has its own home base area	Each unit has its own home base area
	An electronic system directs users to available rooms, prioritizing rooms on the floor of their home base	Each unit has its own home base area

Traditional workspace concept	Shared workspace concept
Consultation rooms (CR)	Consultation rooms (CR)	Activity-based workspace (ABW)
Immediate tasks of patient care and other tasks (e.g. paperwork, phone calls, dictations and communicating with colleagues) are carried out in CRs	The immediate tasks of patient care are carried out in CRs	Other tasks (e.g. paperwork, phone calls, dictations and communicating with colleagues) are carried out in ABWs
Rooms and workstations are assigned	Rooms and workstations are non-assigned (with some exceptions)	Workstations are non-assigned in the open area and in additional enclosed spaces (with some exceptions)
	HCPs switch rooms during the day and week
	Each unit has its own home base area	Each unit has its own home base area
	An electronic system directs users to available rooms, prioritizing rooms on the floor of their home base	Each unit has its own home base area

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