Impact of Art Therapy on Self-Reported Pain and Anxiety Scores of Patients Waiting to Be Seen in the Emergency Department

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Art Therapy on Self-Reported Pain and Anxiety Scores of Patients Waiting to Be Seen in the Emergency Department

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05540106
• Other study ID #: 2022-00088
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Stony Brook University
• Contact: Lauren M Maloney, MD
• Phone: 631-358-6652
• Email: lauren.maloney[@]stonybrookmedicine.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this research is to assess the effects of engaging in coloring activities on patients' self-reported pain and anxiety scores while they wait to be seen by a physician in an emergency department (ED). The current literature on patient visits in the ED highlights the significance of anxiety, stress, and frustration in patient experiences, especially when accounting for long wait times before the physician-patient encounter. The study will address this common problem by looking at the potential impact of nature-themed or geometric shape coloring activities on the ED patient experience as it relates to self-reported anxiety and pain scores. Given that long wait times are increasingly being reported across the country, this study may offer a possible meaningful low-budget, low-resource intervention which could be offered to patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 168
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Triage Pain Score > 3

• Age >18

• Able to provide informed consent

• English-speaking

• without concern for aggressive behavior

• Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 15

• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score > 6

Exclusion Criteria:

• Concern for aggression risk, including active concern for suicidal or homicidal ideations

• Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <15

• triage acuity requiring critical care evaluation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Emergencies
• Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Nature Coloring Packet
Coloring packet containing nature scenes
• Geometric Shape Coloring Packet
Coloring packet containing geometric shapes
• Activity Book
Pages containing word searches, connect the dots, etc.
• Blank Paper and Pencil
Blank sheets of paper and a pencil.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Stony Brook University Hospital	Stony Brook	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Stony Brook University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score	Change in self-reported Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score following art therapy intervention (0-21, 21 = most anxious)	8 hours
Primary	Numerical Pain Score	Change in self-reported numerical pain score following art therapy intervention (0-10, 10 = the worst pain)	8 hours
Secondary	Color Selection	Correlation between Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score or pain score and colors selected by patient to use during art therapy	8 hours
Secondary	Patient impression of activities	Patient engagement (reported time packet used, recommendation for others to use)	8 hours