Evaluation of An Intervention Designed to Improve Patients' Hospital Experience

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ID13649076
AuthorsGary Holden (0000-0002-7227-3652, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, corresponding author), Edward J Speedling (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Edward Speedling (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Gary Rosenberg (0000-0002-2558-7640, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Year1992
Volume71
Issue2
Pages547-550
Publication date1992-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1992.71.2.547
PMID1410114
OpenAlexW2054488421
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

The influence of a videotape, shown in a hospital admitting room, on patients' state anxiety and concerns about hospitalization was assessed in a preliminary study. For both state anxiety and specific concerns regarding hospitalization the pretest scores on each variable accounted for the preponderance of the variance in the posttest scores. In both instances, the intervention and the interaction of the intervention with the pretest scores accounted for less than 1% of variance in the outcome. While finding small effects to be significant for such a small sample (N = 93) is unlikely, the sample size was adequate to detect medium to large effects. More important was the fact that 73.33% of the videotape intervention group indicated that they did not watch the video, which leads us to the conclusion that this intervention as tested is not worthwhile

Analysis of variance · Anxiety · Intervention (counseling · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Sample (material · Variance (accounting · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Psychology

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