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The Effects of Different Interior Decorations in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
St. Olavs Hospital
County of South-Trondelag,Trondheim, Norway.
Information provided by:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00184132
First received: September 9, 2005
Last updated: June 7, 2010
Last verified: June 2010
History of Changes

September 9, 2005
June 7, 2010
November 2000
June 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
  • Length of stay
  • Scores on general psychiatric rating scales (PANSS)
  • Scores on violent or threatening incidents (SOAS)
Same as current
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Therapheutic steps daily in the two groups
Same as current
Not Provided
Not Provided
 
The Effects of Different Interior Decorations in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.
The Effects of Different Interior Decorations in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

The pupose of the study is to compare effects of treatment of patients acutely admitted to a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with either a sparsely decorated interior or interior decorations like an ordinary, Norwegian home.

The PICU in Østmarka psychiatric department, St. Olavs Hospital contains 2 identical parts. Each part contains 2 beds. The PICU had a traditional spasely decorated interior. In cooperation with architects and the county building authorities one of the parts were redecorated to an interior like an ordinary Norwegian home. All patients admitted the the PICU were semi-randomized to either traditional or "Norwegian home" interior decorations. Symptoms, behaviour, and treatment were evaluated at admittance, day 3 and discharge from the PICU
Interventional
Not Provided
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Acute Psychiatry
Procedure: Treatment in PICU
Not Provided
Vaaler AE, Iversen VC, Morken G, Fløvig JC, Palmstierna T, Linaker OM. Short-term prediction of threatening and violent behaviour in an Acute Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit based on patient and environment characteristics. BMC Psychiatry. 2011 Mar 18;11:44.

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Completed
50
June 2010
June 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All patients acutely admitted to the PICU, St. Olavs Hospital, Østmarka dep.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with dementia or mental retardation to an extensive degree.
  • Patients not speaking Norwegian or English
Both
18 Years and older
No
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Norway
 
NCT00184132
AEV-00
No
Professor Olav Linaker, Norwegian University of Science and Tecnology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • St. Olavs Hospital
  • County of South-Trondelag,Trondheim, Norway.
Study Chair: Olav M Linaker, Professor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
June 2010

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