An interventional study of Psychiatric intensive care unit in Norwegian home style and Psychiatric intensive care unit sparsely furnished and not decorated in Mental Disorders, sponsored by Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Completed at 1 site in Norway. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-03-13.
Sponsored by Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
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
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The walls received wainscots, colourful wallpaper and paintings; the ceilings were lowered and had multiple lighting spots, the windows tasteful curtains; we put wardrobes, chairs, flowers and personal items in the patient rooms; and Italian ceramic tile covered the entire bathroom
Procedure: Psychiatric intensive care unit in Norwegian home style
traditional interior design and furnishings. The rooms had sparse furniture, walls in grey colours lacking pictures, no window curtains, single lamps in the ceiling 4 m high, bathroom with grey, laminated paint all over, and patient rooms with a single bed and a chair of metal tubes
Procedure: Psychiatric intensive care unit sparsely furnished and not decorated
Length of stay in days
Time frame: 1 month
Scores on general psychiatric rating scale
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
Time frame: 3 days
Scores on violent or threatening incidents
recorded with Staff Observation Aggression ScaleRevised (SOAS-R)
Time frame: 3 days
Therapeutic steps daily
Time frame: 3 days
Plan to share: No
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