Participant Information Sheet



This questionnaire asks a range of questions about medical alarms as they are used in typical hospital and medical care environments. We are interested in your experience of medical alarms and your responses will help to inform future developments in this area. In particular, your responses will help to improve patient and practitioner hospital experiences.



Based on the experiences of patients, patients’ relatives and medical staff, our aim is to establish whether there exists a need to re-evaluate the soundscape of medical wards and other care environments, where alarms figure significantly.



Please note that you have the right to leave this study at any point during the survey, and you have the right to withdraw your data at any point up to seven days after you have completed the questionnaire. All data is collected anonymously, and data can only be identified by your unique, participant-generated ID should you wish to withdraw from the study.



Thank you for your participation in this study.



Please tick the box below to indicate that you have read this information. This questionnaire is intended for adults over the age of 18.