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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: No music; Other: Music intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03384576
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-12-19
• Study First Posted: 2017-12-27
• Study Start: 2018-07-24
• Status Verified: 2019-06
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-01
• Study Completion: 2019-06-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2019-06-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

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

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Exclusion Criteria

• Non-english speaking caregivers
• Hearing impaired caregivers
• Caregivers accompanying a patient with an acuity level less than 4

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
No music	No music	Participants will not have music in the waiting room
Music intervention	Music intervention	Participants listen to music in the waiting room

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
reduction in anxiety score	up to 10 hours	Participants will be administered with the State Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire , Scores range from 20-80 with higher score indicates greater anxiety

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived waiting time	up to 10 hours	Participants will be asked about perceived waiting time

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States