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

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology St. Olavs Hospital County of South-Trondelag,Trondheim, Norway.
Information provided by:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184132

Purpose

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.

Condition	Intervention
Acute Psychiatry	Procedure: Treatment in PICU

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	The Effects of Different Interior Decorations in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

Further study details as provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Length of stay
Scores on general psychiatric rating scales (PANSS)
Scores on violent or threatening incidents (SOAS)

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Therapheutic steps daily in the two groups

Estimated Enrollment:	50
Study Start Date:	November 2000
Estimated Study Completion Date:	March 2001

Detailed Description:

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

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

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

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00184132

Locations

Norway
Østmarka psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital
Trondheim, Norway, 7441

Sponsors and Collaborators

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

St. Olavs Hospital

County of South-Trondelag,Trondheim, Norway.

Investigators

Study Chair:

Olav M Linaker, Professor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	AEV-00
Study First Received:	September 9, 2005
Last Updated:	April 27, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184132
Health Authority:	Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services

Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Psychiatry
Interior decoration
Seclusion

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009