Effects of a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology St. Olavs Hospital
Information provided by:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184119

Purpose

The purpose of the study is to compare the effects of using or not using a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in an acute psychiatric department.

Condition	Intervention
Acute Psychiatry	Procedure: Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Effects of a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in an Acute Psychiatric Department.

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

Primary Outcome Measures:

Length of stay in PICU.
Effect of treatment (PANSS).
Violent or threatening incidents (SOAS-R).

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Therapeutic steps and nurses' interventions daily.

Estimated Enrollment:	60
Study Start Date:	October 2001
Estimated Study Completion Date:	March 2002

Detailed Description:

The main aim of the study is to compare the effects of using or not using a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in an acute psychiatric department.The acute ward of Østmarka psychiatric department, St. Olavs Hospital has a PICU separated from the rest of the ward. The PICU is separated with a locked door. Under two different conditions at different times all patients evaluated to be in need of PICU were admitted to the PICU. In the first condition the doors inside the PICU and between the rest of the acute ward and PICU were closed or locked. In the second condition the doors inside the PICU and the door between the PICU and the rest of the acute ward were either removed or held permanently open. In the second condition the patients thus were admitted to a PICU unit not using PICU principles.

The patients were evaluated with different rating scales at admittance, day three and at discharge from PICU.

Eligibility

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

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients admitted to Østmarka psychiatric department, St. Olavs Hospital in need of a PICU.

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: NCT00184119

Locations

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

Sponsors and Collaborators

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

St. Olavs Hospital

Investigators

Study Chair:

Olav M Linaker, Professor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	AEV-01
Study First Received:	September 9, 2005
Last Updated:	September 15, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184119
Health Authority:	Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services

Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

psychiatry
acute
emergency services
seclusion
Psychiatric Intensive Care

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Emergencies

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009