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.
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
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
150
live music will be played during waiting time in ER room
recorded music will be transmitted during waiting time in ER room
no music will be played or transmitted during waiting time in ER room
Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Bellinzona, Switzerland
RECRUITINGpatient satisfaction
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.
Time frame: day 1
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