Waiting Room Research Articles

Attitudes, healthcare interactions, and communication preferences for HPV vaccines among hesitant Hispanic/Latinx parents: how does this compare with influenza and COVID-19 vaccines?

ABSTRACT Objective We explored HPV vaccine concerns and healthcare provider communication among Hispanic/Latinx hesitant parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how those concerns and provider communications compared for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. As a secondary aim, we explored communication needs and strategies for these recommended vaccines. Design We applied a concurrent, multi-method study design (survey and interview) with 23 Hispanic/Latinx American parents of adolescents aged 11–18 years. An inductive deductive thematic approach was used to interpret interview data. Descriptives were used to analyze survey data. Results Overall, most parents (77%) perceived that their child was receiving too many vaccines. Regarding hesitancy for the HPV vaccine, major parental concerns related to vaccine effectiveness (83%), vaccine necessity (83%), and vaccine safety (80%). For the COVID vaccine, major concerns were the newness of vaccine (83%), vaccine safety (77%), low perceived effectiveness (77%), and low perceived need (77%). For influenza vaccines, major parental concerns were vaccine safety (73%), low perceived need (73%), and preference for natural over vaccine-induced immunity (73%). Parents had overall positive views towards vaccination. Some parents prioritized school-required vaccines, and others ranked the recommended vaccines- HPV, COVID-19, and influenza vaccines- for their children. They saw the benefits of recommended vaccines; however, there were concerns. The majority received a provider’s recommendation for HPV vaccination for their child, while over half had not received a recommendation for COVID-19 and influenza vaccines. Recommended communication strategies were diverse with parents highlighting the need for providers to capitalize on waiting and clinic rooms to provide education. Conclusion Healthcare providers should take advantage of missed opportunities, improve healthcare interactions with a strong recommendation and persistent communication, and offer diverse communication strategies and messaging for vaccines. Future work should further explore multi-vaccine concerns and how addressing these concerns through healthcare-provider communication could improve HPV vaccination along with COVID-19 and influenza vaccination.

259 A Virtual Physician Evaluation in the Emergency Department Waiting Room Reduces the Frequency of Left Without Being Seen Events: A Pilot Study

259 A Virtual Physician Evaluation in the Emergency Department Waiting Room Reduces the Frequency of Left Without Being Seen Events: A Pilot Study

The Influence of Departure Waiting Room Facilities on Passenger Satisfaction at Yogyakarta International Airport

Yogyakarta International Airport with IATA code: YIA and ICAO code: WAHI is an airport in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. which is used for civil aviation. The purpose of this study was to find and analyze whether there is an influence of waiting room facilities on passenger satisfaction. This study uses an associative method with a quantitative approach, and data were collected through questionnaires. The respondents of this study were users of the waiting room at Yogyakarta International Airport. The results of the study are presented with a simple linear regression analysis. According to the t test, there is a positive and significant relationship between passenger satisfaction (Y) and waiting room facilities (X); the result is Y = -4.524 + 1.478 X and the correlation coefficient R = 0.881. is 77.7%, and other factors affect 22.3%

Virtual Waiting Room: The New Narrative of Waiting in Oncology Care.

This conceptual study introduces the "virtual waiting room," an innovative, interactive, web-based platform designed to enhance the waiting experience in oncology by providing personalized, educational, and supportive content. Central to our study is the implementation of the circular entry model, which allows for non-linear navigation of health information, empowering patients to access content based on their immediate needs and interests. This approach respects the individual journeys of patients, acknowledging the diverse pathways through which they seek understanding and manage their health. The virtual waiting room is designed not only to support patients but also to facilitate stronger communication and shared understanding between patients, caregivers, and families. By providing a shared digital space, the platform enables caregivers and family members to access the same information and resources, thereby promoting transparency and collective knowledge. This shared access is crucial in managing the emotional complexities of oncology care, where effective communication can significantly impact treatment outcomes and patient well-being. Furthermore, the study explores how the circular entry model within the virtual waiting room can enhance patient autonomy and engagement by offering customized interactions based on user feedback and preferences. This personalized approach aims to reduce anxiety, improve health literacy, and prepare patients more effectively for clinical interactions. By transforming passive waiting into active engagement, the virtual waiting room turns waiting time into a meaningful, informative period that supports both the psychological and informational needs of patients and their support networks.

Chatbots Best Left in the Vascular Clinic Waiting Room…for Now

Chatbots Best Left in the Vascular Clinic Waiting Room…for Now

Crowd Density Level Classification for Service Waiting Room Based on Head Detection to Enhance Visitor Experience

The crowd within a confined space can potentially lead to air stagnation in waiting areas. Constantly running air conditioning throughout the day to balance air circulation may result in excessive energy consumption by the building. To address this issue, Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems are employed to manage and regulate indoor energy usage. However, sensor-based detection often fails to capture human variables promptly, resulting in less accurate density readings. Camera footage proves to be more reliable than sensors in accurately detecting crowds. This research utilizes You Only Look Once version 8 (YOLOv8), a robust algorithm for object detection, particularly effective in crowd detection for images, along with Convolutional Vision Transformer (CvT) for crowd density level classification into "Normal" and "Crowded" levels. CvT enhances classification accuracy by incorporating function from Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) in model training, including receptive field, shared weights, etc. By integrating YOLOv8 and CvT, this method focuses on accurately classifying crowd density levels after identifying human presence in the waiting area (indoor). Evaluation metrics include mean Average Precision (mAP) for YOLOv8, and accuracy, precision, recall, and f1-score for CvT. This approach directly influences the management of HVAC systems.

Mindfulness in the Clinic Waiting Room May Decrease Pain: Results from Three Pilot Randomized Controlled Trials.

Introduction: Mindfulness interventions can improve a broad range of patient outcomes, but traditional mindfulness-based interventions are time and resource intensive. Emerging evidence indicates brief, single-session mindfulness interventions can also improve patient outcomes, and brief mindfulness interventions can be embedded into medical care pathways with minimal disruption. However, the direct impact of a brief mindfulness intervention on patients' pain while waiting in the clinic waiting room remains unexamined. Objective: A series of three, pilot, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were conducted to examine the impact of a brief, audio-recorded, mindfulness intervention on patients' pain in the clinic waiting room. Method: Study 1 examined an 8-min mindfulness recording delivered before a provider visit; Study 2 examined a 5-min mindfulness recording after a provider visit; and Study 3 examined a 4-min mindfulness recording before a provider visit. Time- and attention-matched control conditions were used in each study. Studies 1 and 2 were conducted in an academic cancer hospital. Study 3 was conducted at a walk-in orthopedic clinic. Pain intensity was measured in each of the three studies. Anxiety and depression symptoms were measured in Studies 2 and 3. Pain unpleasantness was measured in Study 3. Results: A brief (i.e., 4- to 8-min), audio-recorded mindfulness intervention decreased patients' pain intensity in the clinic waiting room, whether delivered before (Study 1 Cohen's d=1.01, Study 3 Cohen's d=0.39) or after (Study 2 Cohen's d=0.89) a provider visit. Mindfulness had a significant effect on anxiety symptoms in both studies in which it was measured. No effect on depression symptoms was observed. Conclusions: Results from these three pilot RCTs indicate brief, audio-recorded, mindfulness interventions may be capable of quickly decreasing clinical symptoms. As such, embedding brief, audio-recorded, mindfulness interventions in clinic waiting rooms may have the potential to improve patient outcomes. The continued investigation of this intervention approach is needed. Clinical Trial Registrations: NCT04477278 and NCT06099964.

Explorations in Time Using SCAS (Socrates as a Service): Reimagining the Doctor’s Waiting Room of 1850 versus 2150 and the Evolution of that Room from 1600

Explorations in Time Using SCAS (Socrates as a Service): Reimagining the Doctor’s Waiting Room of 1850 versus 2150 and the Evolution of that Room from 1600

Evolving the Doctor’s Waiting Room: Applying AI to Visioning the Future, a Cartographic Approach

Evolving the Doctor’s Waiting Room: Applying AI to Visioning the Future, a Cartographic Approach

Patient-Reported Wait Times and the Impact of Living with Chronic Pain on their Quality of Life: A Waiting Room Survey in Chronic Pain Clinics in Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec

ABSTRACT Background Wait times at Canadian multidisciplinary pain clinics have been reported as excessive for nearly 2 decades. Aims The aim of this study was to gain insight into the patient experience of waiting for chronic pain specialty care. Methods A cross-sectional survey of new patients waiting for an appointment was conducted in six multidisciplinary pain clinics, including one pediatric clinic, in Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba between February 2020 and October 2022. Participants were asked about the length of time they waited for their appointment since being referred, their quality of life, health care professionals seen while waiting, and an open-ended question, “Is there anything else you’d like to tell us?” Results Among the 493 adult and 100 pediatric respondents, 53% of adults and 82% of children reported wait times under 6 months, whereas 22% of adults and 4% of children waited longer than a year. Between 52% and 63% of adults and 29% to 48% of children reported being affected by chronic pain “quite a bit” or “extremely” on measures of quality of life. The most visited health care professionals while waiting for a pain clinic appointment were family doctors/nurse practitioners for adults and physiotherapists for children. Qualitative analysis of open-ended question responses revealed eight themes: system navigation issues, administrative issues, decreased quality of life, distress, self-advocacy, coping strategies, communication, and distrust. Conclusions Our findings provide real-time regional snapshots into the impact of long wait times experienced by Canadians living with chronic pain. There is an urgent need to better support patients during the waiting period. Expanding technologies such as electronic consultation hold great promise.

Who is in Your Waiting Room? Social Determinants of Health and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Pediatric Surgery Clinics

BackgroundSocial determinants of health (SDoH) influence overall health, although little is known about the SDoH for pediatric patients requiring surgical services. This study aims to describe SDoH for pediatric surgical patients attending out-patient, community, and outreach clinics, as well as demonstrate the feasibility of identifying and addressing SDoH and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) when appropriate. MethodsA cross-sectional study using surveys evaluating SDoH that were distributed to families attending pediatric surgical clinics over a two-year period. The pilot survey used validated questions and was later refined to a shorter version with questions on: Barriers to care, Economic factors, Adversity, Resiliency and Social capital (BEARS). Data was analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Results851 families across 13 clinics participated. One third of families reported not having a primary health care provider or being unable to turn to them for additional support. One in four families were found to have a household income less than the Canadian after-tax low-income threshold (<$40,000 CAD). Two-thirds of families answered questions about ACEs, and those with more ACEs were more likely to report a low income. Forty percent of families rarely or only sometimes had adequate social support. ConclusionThis survey tool enabled discussions between families and care providers, which allowed clinicians to appropriately follow-up with families and refer them to social work for further support when indicated. Addressing concerns around SDoH within a busy surgical clinical is feasible and may positively affect long-term health outcomes and equitable resource allocation. Level of EvidenceIV.

Effects of the Specialized Preoperative Waiting Room on Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Patients

Preoperative anxiety is a common event-related psychological disorder, which increases the perioperative risk, especially among children. The aim of this study is to establish a specialized waiting room for pediatric patients and investigate the efficiency on preoperative anxiety. This is a single center, open label, randomized controlled trial. Eligible children were randomly allocated into the routine waiting group (control group) and the specialized waiting group (study group). The Children&amp;apos;s Emotional Manifestation Scale (CEMS), crying times, separation emotion, the degree of coordination, satisfaction score of parents, and quality of postoperative recovery were collected and analyzed. A total of 150 children were included and analyzed. Patients in the study group had lower CEMS score, less crying times, better separation emotion and coordination degree, and better recovery quality on the 1&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;st&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; postoperative day than those in the control group (&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;0.05). However, the recovery quality on the 3&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;rd&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; or 7&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; postoperative day was comparable between the groups (&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;gt;0.05). Besides, the guardians in the study group gave higher scores to the preoperative waiting procedure (&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;0.05). Our specialized waiting room for pediatric patients is an effective non-pharmacological method to alleviating preoperative anxiety, increasing parents’ satisfaction score, and enhancing recovery quality of the 1&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;st&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; postoperative day.

Smart Waiting Room: A Systematic Literature Review and a Proposal

In the past decade, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have become more and more pervasive, allowing the development of Ambient Intelligence and Context Awareness applications. While the smart home is the chosen scenario for such technologies, a variety of environments could potentially benefit from the synergies between IoT and digital applications. Among them, the clinical waiting rooms is an environment facing several challenges, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical waiting rooms are crowded places associated with stress and anxiety, often linked to patients’ idling time. Nonetheless, the rise of IoT-enabled telehealth has focused attention on the possibility of changing the functions of clinical waiting rooms. In this work, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify the existing solutions for “smart waiting rooms”. The review process started with 278 works, and it identified 16 papers relevant to the topic of smart clinical waiting rooms. Moreover, the results of this review underlined that waiting rooms are a neglected research area that could take advantage of IoT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance patients’ experience and support the diagnostic process. Leveraging the research directions identified in the review process, this work proposes a “Smart Waiting Room” that exploits virtual reality (VR), AI, and IoT technologies to support the diagnostic process (via a cognitive assessment) and the personalization of the patient’s context—taking into account the features of the physical environment. The prototypical smart waiting room constitutes an example of the potentialities of novel technologies applied to healthcare and can contribute to shaping the future of clinical waiting rooms.

Desain Laboratorium Pembelajaran IPS pada Program Studi Tadris IPS

The laboratory is an important infrastructure that must be owned by the Social Sciences Tadris Study Program. The laboratory is important for prospective Social Sciences teachers in improving their ability to carry out learning in the laboratory room and at the same time improving the management skills of Social Sciences learning laboratories. However, the laboratories at Educational Institutions and Education Personnel (LPTK) are generally synonymous with biology, chemistry, physics, language, and computer laboratories, while social studies learning laboratories are not widely owned and there is no standard laboratory design. Therefore this study aimed to produce a social studies learning laboratory design in the Social Sciences Tadris Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences (FITK) UIN Syarif Hidatullah Jakarta. The research method used is Research-Based Design (RBD) with the research stages (1) contextual inquiry; (2) participatory design; (3) preliminary design; (4) conceptual design or prototype design (conceptual design/prototype as a hypothesis). Respondents in this study were student, laboratory assistants, laboratory assistants, and lecturers at FITK. Data is taken through a rubric that must be filled in about learning activities or practice in the laboratory and through interviews. The results of this study are the design of social studies learning laboratories with 3 laboratory rooms, namely (1) a practice room for storing tools and materials; (2) a preparation room and laboratory assistant; (3) waiting and guest rooms.

"The Invisible Woman" and "In the Rehab Waiting Room"

I have been ruminating lately on the notion of “white space,” “writer’s block,” and selfhood following a traumatic brain injury that caused word-finding problems during the acute phase of my recovery. I have coined the term, “neuropoetics” to denote the attempt to describe in poetry and flash fiction the experience of “drawing a blank” or being silenced by a medical condition.&#x0D; Attached you will find three poems for your consideration: “Memory Villanelle,” “The Invisible Woman,” and “In the Rehab Waiting Room.” I was inspired by Laurie Clements Lambeth’s statement regarding the use of formal structure in her poetry about her Multiple Sclerosis, the blurring of bodily boundaries: “I needed the cage of a villanelle—so restrictive, in that very few lines can truly further the poem along, and yet so obsessive a form—to house the poem” (171). I have tried the same technique to describe the connection between memory and identity. “The Invisible Woman” takes as much from the Marvel universe as H.G. Wells; in it, I use the figure of Sue Storm and her dubious gift of being ignored as representative of the experience of an “invisible disability,” or something neurological rather than physically identifiable. Finally, “In the Rehab Waiting Room” was accidentally inspired by Elizabeth Bishop’s famous poem, as per the epigraph. It was an early attempt to capture the feeling of being a “blank slate” or having that post-traumatic “blank stare” that avoids eye contact with others

ParallelED-A novel screening and referral intervention using emergency department wait times to identify and address unmet social needs.

People arriving at the emergency department (ED) often have unmet health-related social needs (HRSN). We implemented an intervention that used undergraduate student volunteers to screen patients in the ED waiting room (WR) for unmet social drivers of health and subsequently referred patients to community resources. This cross-sectional quality improvement study included patients who were approached to complete a HRSN screening questionnaire, subsequently referred to community resources, and followed up by phone from October 2021 to October 2022 in an ED WR of an academic medical center. Primary measures were the proportions of patients who had unmet HRSN and the proportions enrolled in a statewide database of social care resources-NCCARE360. Patient demographics and geospatial distribution were also assessed to better understand the population served. Our intervention reached 3297 unique patients, with 398 patients (12%) agreeing to complete screening. Of those screened, 93% were positive for at least one social need and 95% of the aforementioned were interested in receiving assistance. A total of 60% of those who screened positive were enrolled into NCCARE360. Persons identifying as female or non-Hispanic Black were disproportionately represented at a higher rate among those who screened positive for at least one social need, with food and housing insecurity emerging as the most common referral categories. Our results demonstrate patients' willingness to be screened in the ED WR and a high identification of HRSN. Our findings show that idle time in the ED WR can be used to identify patients with unmet HRSN and refer them to resources.

214 Effect of an Emergency Department Waiting Room Outreach Intervention on Rates of COVID Vaccination

214 Effect of an Emergency Department Waiting Room Outreach Intervention on Rates of COVID Vaccination

Analysis of Departure Waiting Room Terminal Capacity on Passenger Volume at Patimura Ambon International Airport, Maluku Province

Departure terminal capacity to passenger volume at Patimura Ambon International Airport, Maluku Province in 2021 has experienced an increase in the number of passengers, won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award, in the airport category with a capacity of less than 2 million per year, from this statement the researcher wants to conduct a wide capacity analysis waiting room terminal, seating facilities, and passenger volume, whether the research results need development or not. The data in this study used secondary data, namely data on the number of passengers in the last three years, and primary data, namely data on the number of existing passenger departure terminal seats. Data analysis used descriptive statistical methods based on the formula in SKEP/347/XII/99, Director General of Civil Aviation. The results of the study stated that the area of the departure waiting room was 220 m² based on SKEP 77/VI/2005 Director General of Civil Aviation. The capacity of the departure waiting room at Gate-1 to gate-5, gates 1 and 2 can accommodate passengers, gate-3 = 271 passengers, gate-4 = 267 passengers and gate-5 = 247 passengers. The need for seats based on SKEP 77/VI/2005 Director General of Civil Aviation is 828 seats. The results of the analysis of the capacity of the Departure Waiting Room Terminal for Passenger Volume at Patimura Ambon International Airport, Maluku Province, were declared to be appropriate based on SKEP 77/VI/205 of the Director General of Civil Aviation.

TB in the ED: Consequences of Delayed Recognition Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infection in the Emergency Department Waiting Room

TB in the ED: Consequences of Delayed Recognition Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infection in the Emergency Department Waiting Room

Angkasa Pura I Cabang Bandar Undara Internasional El Tari-Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur

&#x0D; In this study, the authors took a case or problem regarding whether there is an influence of departure waiting room facilities on passenger satisfaction at PT Angkasa Pura I El Tari International Airport Branch Kupang, how much influence the departure waiting room facilities have on passenger satisfaction at PT Angkasa Pura I El Tari International Airport Branch Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. The sample in this study were 100 passenger respondents who had used the services of El Tari Kupang International Airport. The type of research used in this study is quantitative, data collection techniques are carried out by distributing questionnaires and literature studies. Based on the results of hypothesis testing, the significance value of the coefficient table obtained a Sig. deviation from linearity value of 0.615&gt;0.005 and based on the t value, it is known that t count is 11.313&gt; t table of 1.660, meaning that there is an influence between variable X (departure lounge facilities) on variable Y (passenger satisfaction). So it can be concluded that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. There is an influence between departure waiting room facilities on passenger satisfaction at El Tari Kupang International Airport. The effect of departure waiting room facilities on passenger satisfaction at El Tari Kupang International Airport is 56.6%.&#x0D; Keywords: Facilities, Departure Waiting Room, Passenger Satisfaction.