The MORAL (MOzart Recorded And Live) Impact of Classical Music on Perceived Waiting Time and Satisfaction: A Comparative Study in Emergency Department Patients
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 97
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- patient satisfaction
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to evaluate whether classical music in the Emergency waiting room can diminish perception of waiting times. Patients and relatives, after arriving in the ER waiting room will either listen to live classical music, recorded classical music, or no music at all.
Detailed Description
The study was submitted to the ethics committee as an interventional clinical trial; however, they advised that it does not qualify as a clinical trial. The project does not collect health-related information from patients, according to the definition provided by swiss research law, and therefore does not require any authorization. They qualify it as a quality control initiative.
Please advise on how we should register it into clinicaltrials.gov, we might need the ID for publication purpose.
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Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •ER department patients waiting for medical assessment and their relatives
- •Age ≥ 18 years
- •Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients in situations of high severity and that pose an immediate significant threat to life or physiologic function.
Arms & Interventions
live music
All patients and relatives arriving at the ER on a given day will find live music as situation chosen in advance
Intervention: live music (Other)
recorded music
All patients and relatives arriving at the ER on a given day will find recorded music as situation chosen in advance
Intervention: recorded music (Other)
no music
All patients and relatives arriving at the ER on a given day will find no music as situation chosen in advance
Intervention: no music (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
patient satisfaction
Time Frame: day 1
Patient satisfaction will be calculated attributing a score to a validated questionnaire designed for assessing waiting times in the emergency department, namely the "Patient Satisfaction with Waiting Time in Emergency Departments" questionnaire.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported