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

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00184132
• Other study ID #: AEV-00
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 9, 2005
• Last updated: March 10, 2017
• Start date: November 2000
• Est. completion date: June 2010

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 54
• Est. completion date: June 2010
• Est. primary completion date: June 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders

Intervention

Procedure:
• Psychiatric intensive care unit in Norwegian home style

• Psychiatric intensive care unit sparsely furnished and not decorated

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Østmarka Psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital	Trondheim

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	County of South Trøndelag, St. Olavs Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (1)

Vaaler AE, Morken G, Linaker OM. Effects of different interior decorations in the seclusion area of a psychiatric acute ward. Nord J Psychiatry. 2005;59(1):19-24. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Length of stay in days		1 month
Primary	Scores on general psychiatric rating scale	Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)	3 days
Primary	Scores on violent or threatening incidents	recorded with Staff Observation Aggression ScaleRevised (SOAS-R)	3 days
Secondary	Therapeutic steps daily		3 days