Emergency Room
Conditions
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. Thank you
Interventions
OTHERlive music
live music will be played during waiting time in ER room
OTHERrecorded music
recorded music will be transmitted during waiting time in ER room
OTHERno music
no music will be played or transmitted during waiting time in ER room
Sponsors
Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| patient satisfaction | 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. |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed