OBJECTIVE To compare formal nurse triage with an informal prioritisation process for waiting times and patient satisfaction. SETTING Accident and emergency department of a district general hospital in the midlands in 1990. DESIGN Patients attending between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm over six weeks were grouped for analysis according to whether triage was operating at time of presentation and by th...

BACKGROUND Internet-delivered treatment may reduce barriers to care in those unwilling or unable to access traditional forms of treatment. OBJECTIVE To assesses the efficacy of web-based therapist-assisted cognitive behavioral treatment (web-CBT) of panic symptoms. DESIGN A randomized waiting-list controlled trial with an uncontrolled three-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS A community sample ...

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of dental anxiety as well as the relationships between socio-demographic data and perceived dental anxiety among Palestinian clients who attend dental clinics in Palestine. Materials and methods: Participants were recruited into the study from July to August, 2013 from several dental clinics. The modified Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) was used to meas...

The diagnosis and treatment of various medical conditions requires patients to wait for results that are potentially threatening to their wellbeing (e.g., breast biopsy results, pregnancy test results after fertility treatment and genetic screening outcomes). Little research has been carried out to document the psychological processes that unfold during such waiting periods. The aim of the pres...

BACKGROUND This study reports data from a survey carried out in the Iranian Center for Breast Cancer (ICBC) to examine whether women read poster displays in waiting rooms and whether they would have any suggestions to improve posters and thus meet their informational needs. METHODS Five specially designed posters were displayed in waiting rooms in the ICBC. The content of posters was related ...

objectives: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a disease of the central nervous system that results in many symptoms including mobility limitation, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction and redacted quality of life. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of 8-weeks aerobic and yoga training on depression, anxiety and quality of life in individuals with ms. methods: 31 women with ms (mean of age...

Previous studies showed that orange odor reduces the anticipatory anxiety and improves the mood of patients waiting for scheduled appointments in small dental practices. We replicated these previous studies in the setting of three large dental clinics. In addition, we investigated whether another pleasant fruity smell (apple odor) is similarly associated with reduced anxiety. We included 219 pa...

BACKGROUND Long waiting times for elective surgical treatment threaten timely care provision in several countries. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of waiting for elective general surgery on the quality of life and psychosocial health of patients. METHODS A cross-sectional questionnaire study with postoperative follow-up was performed among patients on waiting lists for surg...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the reverse abdominal breathing or music intervention before and during mammography decreases the subjective reports of pain and anxiety during screening mammography. A total of 150 subjects were enrolled in this study: 50 subjects in the reverse abdominal breathing group (52.88 ± 6.67 years old), 50 in the music group (50.42 ± 5.54 years old),...