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NCT Number: NCT00184132

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

The purpose 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.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Østmarka Psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital

Trondheim, 7441, Norway

About this study

The PICU in Østmarka psychiatric department, St. Olavs Hospital contains 2 identical parts. Each part contains 2 beds. The PICU had a traditional sparsely 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

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Psychiatric intensive care unit in Norwegian home style

Procedure

Psychiatric intensive care unit sparsely furnished and not decorated

Procedure

Primary outcomes

  1. Length of stay in days

    Time frame: 1 month

  2. Scores on general psychiatric rating scale

    Time frame: 3 days

    Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)

  3. Scores on violent or threatening incidents

    Time frame: 3 days

    recorded with Staff Observation Aggression ScaleRevised (SOAS-R)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Therapeutic steps daily

    Time frame: 3 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Other

Collaborators

  • County of South Trøndelag
  • St. Olavs Hospital

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2000
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Sep 16, 2005
Registry last updated
Mar 13, 2017

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