Original sound compositions reduce anxiety in emergency department patients: A randomised controlled trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 694-698

  Weiland, Tracey J ^a   Jelinek, George A ^a   Macarow, Keely E ^b   Samartzis, Philip ^b   Brown, David M ^b   Grierson, Elizabeth M ^b   Winter, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF-RATING ANXIETY SCALE; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND INTENSITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

EID: 84863411446     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja10.10662     Document Type: Article

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