ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2020
Correlation between crowdedness in emergency departments and anxiety in Chinese patients.
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- Emergency department crowding in the modern era: a systematic review (2018-2025).Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Utilization of Renal Replacement Therapy and Its Impact on the Emergency Department Length of Stay in South Korean Emergency Medical Centers.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Beyond hemodynamics: environmental and psychosocial predictors of anxiety in emergency patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Implementation of an early attention strategy to reduce emergency room overcrowding in an academic institution in Colombia, a pilot study.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmergency department (ED) overcrowding is a severe health care concern, while anxiety and depression rates among ED patients have been reported to be substantially higher compared to the general population. We hypothesized that anxiety due to over crowdedness may lead to adverse events in EDs.
aimTo investigate correlations between crowdedness in EDs and anxiety of patients and nurses, and to identify factors affecting their anxiety.
methodsIn this prospective observational study, a total 43 nurses and 389 emergency patients from two tier III hospitals located in Beijing were included from January 2016 to August 2017. Patients were grouped into inpatients when they were hospitalized after diagnoses, or into outpatients when they were discharged after treatments. The State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Form Y) questionnaire was used to investigate patient and nurse anxieties, while crowdedness of EDs was evaluated with the National Emergency Department Over Crowding Score.
resultsThe present results revealed that state anxiety scores (49.50 ± 6.00
conclusionWaiting time, the number of patients treated, and the number of nurses present in the ED correlate with patient anxiety in EDs, but crowdedness has no effect on nurse or patient anxiety.
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