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2307-8960 (online) |
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| Category |
Emergency Medicine |
| Manuscript Type |
Prospective Study |
| Article Title |
Correlation between crowdedness in emergency departments and anxiety in Chinese patients
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| Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Shuang Wang, Jun-Yi Gao, Xiang Li, Yu Wu, Xiao-Xia Huo, Chao-Xia Han, Meng-Jie Kang, Hong Sun, Bao-Lan Ge, Yu Liu, Ying-Qing Liu, Jian-Ping Zhou and Zhen Wang |
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| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| Capital Nursing Research Special Project |
17HL21 |
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| Corresponding Author |
Zhen Wang, MD, PhD, Director, Professor, Department of Emergency, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Yangfangdian Tieyi Road, Beijing 100038, China. wangzhen1369@aliyun.com |
| Key Words |
Emergency department; Overcrowding; State anxiety; Trait anxiety; Anxiety; Prospective studies |
| Core Tip |
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a severe concern and an important manifestation of dysfunction in the medical system resulting in a decline in the quality of emergency medical services. In the present study, ED overcrowding did not directly correlate with patient or nurse anxiety levels, but anxiety of inpatients correlated with the waiting time, number of patients treated and the number of nurses in the ED. Reducing unnecessary ED visits and optimizing the procedures for emergency patients’ diagnoses and treatments is likely to reduce the anxiety of patients in EDs. |
| Publish Date |
2020-07-07 03:43 |
| Citation |
Wang S, Gao JY, Li X, Wu Y, Huo XX, Han CX, Kang MJ, Sun H, Ge BL, Liu Y, Liu YQ, Zhou JP, Wang Z. Correlation between crowdedness in emergency departments and anxiety in Chinese patients. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(13): 2802-2816 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v8/i13/2802.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i13.2802 |
