The Effect of Music in the Pediatric Emergency Department Waiting Room on Caregiver Anxiety

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Music in the Pediatric Emergency Department Waiting Room on Caregiver Anxiety

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03384576
• Other study ID #: 300001035
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 24, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2019
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to examine the effects of playing classical music in the waiting room on caregiver anxiety. People who enter the study will be asked a few identifier questions including age and relation to patient and then will be asked fill out a survey regarding anxiety.

Description:

The study investigators will initially screen for participants based on the patient's acuity level. If the patient meets the low acuity requirement and if they have a wait time greater than 20 minutes then the caregiver will be approached to obtain informed consent once they have been placed in a room. If they choose to be included in the study, the patient's medical record number will be recorded, a personal identification number will be assigned, and the patient's information will be entered into the personal identification number key and into our research database. A questionnaire asking participants age and relation to patient and the state-trait anxiety inventory will be administered to the caregiver. An additional question of perceived wait time will also be asked.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 350
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult caregivers; age >18 year, accompanying a pediatric patient with acuity level = 4

• Patient must have been in waiting area for at least 20 minutes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-english speaking caregivers

• Hearing impaired caregivers

• Caregivers accompanying a patient with an acuity level less than 4

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Emergencies

Intervention

Other:
• Music intervention
Classical music to be played in the Emergency waiting room
• No music
No music played in emergency waiting room

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	reduction in anxiety score	Participants will be administered with the State Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire , Scores range from 20-80 with higher score indicates greater anxiety	up to 10 hours
Secondary	Perceived waiting time	Participants will be asked about perceived waiting time	up to 10 hours