ND-0493 · 2014 · Other
The Influence of Ambient Scent and Music on Patients' Anxiety in a Waiting Room of a Plastic Surgeon
Fenko, Loock. HERD. 2014.
doi.org/10.1177/193758671400700304 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Ambient scent and music can each reduce patient anxiety, but the two combined did not.
Design questions and applications
Use scent or music in waiting rooms, not both.
Field
Scent, wood and materials
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card fenko-2014-scent-music) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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Mechanism
Spatial variable
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