Influence of Natural Images on Patients' Anxiety in the Waiting Rooms of Imaging Ward
- Conditions
- All Conditions for Which a CT or MRI Exam Can be Required
- Interventions
- Other: Natural images in imaging waiting rooms
- Registration Number
- NCT03266523
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
- Brief Summary
VERTIM study aims to evaluate the influence of different environments of imaging waiting rooms on the anxiety felt by patients before MRI or CT scans. For this, four environments (neutral/standard; and nature "green", "sea", and "zen") will be set up in MRI and CT waiting rooms.
- Detailed Description
Each year, the Medical Imaging Unit of the University Hospital of Bordeaux (CHU Bordeaux) receives 80,500 patients for CT or MRI scans in usual care. The length of waiting, the environment of the waiting room, the reasons for the examination are factors that increase the levels of anxiety during waiting and but also during early examination.
Previous studies have shown that the integration of nature (real as well as artificial) is likely to decrease the level of anxiety. Before implementing a multicentre and randomised trial, a pilot study is necessary to assess the feasibility of the procedure, to test the relevance of the tools, to identify the influence of socio-cultural and socio-demographic characteristics on anxiety's level.
For this, the present study will be conducted over the same period of the year in order to avoid seasonality biases. The study will take place over 8 weeks, during which MRI or scanner patients will be exposed either to the neutral environment (standard environment of the waiting room) or to one of the 3 environments (wall posters representing the nature ("green", "sea", "zen")).
There is no specific intervention assigned to the study participants, i.e. the patients will receive one of the four environments as part of routine medical care, and a researcher studies the effect of this environment on anxiety's level. Every week, one environment will be set up in the MRI or scanner waiting room and the study will be proposed to all eligible patients present in this room. Fifty patients are expected each week so that 100 patients per environment and equally distributed between the MRI and scanner waiting rooms are expected.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 418
- patient 18 yrs and older;
- patients in MRI or scanner's waiting room awaiting one of these 2 exams;
- patients not objecting to answer questionnaires;
- patient covered under social security
- patient <18yrs old;
- patients with hearing and visual impairments;
- patients unable to answer questionnaires;
- patients awaiting for other exams than MRI or scanner;
- legally protected patient
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Sea Natural images in imaging waiting rooms The SEA environment will represent lakes, ponds, seaside Green Natural images in imaging waiting rooms The GREEN environment will represent rural landscapes, undergrowth Zen Natural images in imaging waiting rooms The ZEN environment will represent a clean, minimalist nature
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Average of the scores of anxiety-State (STAI-Y). The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Strength of the interaction between emotional perception *environnement to explain the level of anxiety State The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room This outcome is measured through the scores of emotional perception (emotional perception), the nature of environment applied (control, zen, green or sea) and the STAI-Y scale score (level of state anxiety)
Reason for MRI or scanner's prescription The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Lifestyle The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room urban, rural
Average of the scores of emotional perception for the various esthetic approaches The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Scores of the anxiety-trait in each of the subgroups The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Scores of satisfaction for the various esthetic approaches The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Reliability of the tool: coefficient alpha of Cronbach, or coefficient α ≥ 0,7. The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Anxiolytic treatment and / or antidepressants (regular intake) The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Anxiolytic treatment (specific prescription for examination) The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room gender The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room age The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Level of education The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room professional category The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room Type of housing The day the patient waits in the imaging waiting room house or building, floor, elevator, garden, ...
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hopital Pellegrin
🇫🇷Bordeaux, France