Effects of a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Clinical Trial 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. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Mental Disorders

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00184119
Study type	Interventional
Source	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	October 2001
Completion date	June 2010

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