Emergency department waiting room stress: Can music or aromatherapy improve anxiety scores?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 836-838

  Holm, Lydia ^a,b   Fitzmaurice, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Blank Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aromatherapy; Music; Waiting

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC THERAPY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; STRESS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WAITING ROOM; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CITRUS FRUIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; CAREGIVERS; CITRUS; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; OILS, VOLATILE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 63149112821     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31818ea04c     Document Type: Article

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