Effects of supervised play in a hospital waiting room.
Thirty 5- to 10-year-old children and the adults accompanying them were observed in the waiting room of an outpatient neurology clinic. Half had appointments on days when supervised play was available to them in the waiting room. Results showed that children displayed less anxious behavior and the adults accompanying them were less irritable and spoke to the staff more when supervised play was available than when it was not.
D000328:Adult / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009462:Neurology; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010989:Play Therapy