Impact of Art Therapy on Self-Reported Pain and Anxiety Scores of Patients Waiting to Be Seen in the Emergency Department

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Conditions studied: Anxiety, Pain

In brief

The objective of this research is to assess the effects of engaging in coloring activities on patients' self-reported pain and anxiety scores while they wait to be seen by a physician in an emergency department (ED). The current literature on patient visits in the ED highlights the significance of anxiety, stress, and frustration in patient experiences, especially when accounting for long wait times before the physician-patient encounter. The study will address this common problem by looking at the potential impact of nature-themed or geometric shape coloring activities on the ED patient experience as it relates to self-reported anxiety and pain scores. Given that long wait times are increasingly being reported across the country, this study may offer a possible meaningful low-budget, low-resource intervention which could be offered to patients.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05540106
Run by: Stony Brook University
People needed: 168
Starts: 2023-08-01
Expected to finish: 2027-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2026-03-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Triage Pain Score > 3
Age >18
Able to provide informed consent
English-speaking
without concern for aggressive behavior
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 15
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score > 6

You may not qualify if…

Concern for aggression risk, including active concern for suicidal or homicidal ideations
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <15
triage acuity requiring critical care evaluation

Where it is running

Stony Brook University Hospital — Stony Brook, New York, United States (enrolling)

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