Room changes reduced anxiety before bladder injections
Women assigned to a room with lavender scent, calming music, and dim lighting had greater anxiety reductions. Pain and satisfaction differences were statistically inconclusive.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
For women undergoing bladder injections for overactive bladder, the combined room changes reduced anxiety before the procedure compared with the usual environment. Satisfaction was high in both groups, but pain and satisfaction differences were statistically inconclusive. The abstract reports no demonstrated difference between environments in staff energy change across the clinic day, without an effect estimate or uncertainty.
The abstract does not resolve how clinically important the anxiety difference between groups was. Actual enrollment is not given. This abstract-based summary concerns women undergoing a specific procedure at a single center.
What researchers found
Anxiety before bladder injections
Compared with the typical office environment, anxiety decreased more before the procedure on a visual analog scale; the difference was statistically significant.
Testing a package of room changes
Researchers assigned women to receive their procedures in either a relaxing or typical office setting. Because scent, music, and lighting changed together, the trial cannot identify which element contributed to the anxiety result.
Staff energy across the clinic day
Staff rated their energy before and after clinic using a Burnout Battery visual analog scale. The abstract reports no demonstrated difference between environments in this daily change, without an effect estimate or uncertainty.
The original publication
Relaxing Environment Lowers Anxiety During Chemodenervation: a Randomized Trial.
Franks E, Rigdon J, Kennelly M et al.
Urogynecology (Phila) · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 41854457
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