An interventional study of Nature Coloring Packet and Geometric Shape Coloring Packet in Anxiety and Pain, sponsored by Stony Brook University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-17.
Sponsored by Stony Brook University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The objective of this research is to assess the effects of engaging in coloring activities on patients' self-reported pain and anxiety scores while they wait to be seen by a physician in an emergency department (ED). The current literature on patient visits in the ED highlights the significance of anxiety, stress, and frustration in patient experiences, especially when accounting for long wait times before the physician-patient encounter. The study will address this common problem by looking at the potential impact of nature-themed or geometric shape coloring activities on the ED patient experience as it relates to self-reported anxiety and pain scores. Given that long wait times are increasingly being reported across the country, this study may offer a possible meaningful low-budget, low-resource intervention which could be offered to patients.
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This study's planned enrollment of 168 is above the median of 66 across 8,493 interventional studies indexed under Pain.
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Compared within Pain, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Anxiety Disorders. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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Behavioral: Blank Paper and Pencil
Behavioral: Nature Coloring Packet
Behavioral: Geometric Shape Coloring Packet
Behavioral: Activity Book
Coloring packet containing nature scenes
Coloring packet containing geometric shapes
Pages containing word searches, connect the dots, etc.
Blank sheets of paper and a pencil.
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score
Change in self-reported Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score following art therapy intervention (0-21, 21 = most anxious)
Time frame: 8 hours
Numerical Pain Score
Change in self-reported numerical pain score following art therapy intervention (0-10, 10 = the worst pain)
Time frame: 8 hours
Color Selection
Correlation between Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) Score or pain score and colors selected by patient to use during art therapy
Time frame: 8 hours
Patient impression of activities
Patient engagement (reported time packet used, recommendation for others to use)
Time frame: 8 hours
Plan to share: No
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