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

Study Description

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Brief 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.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Mental Disorders	Procedure: Psychiatric intensive care unit in Norwegian home style; Procedure: Psychiatric intensive care unit sparsely furnished and not decorated	Not Applicable

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 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

Study Design

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Study Type :	Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment :	54 participants
Allocation:	Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:	Parallel Assignment
Masking:	None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:	Treatment
Official Title:	The Effects of Different Interior Decorations in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.
Actual Study Start Date :	November 2000
Actual Primary Completion Date :	June 2010
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 2010

Arms and Interventions

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Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Norwegian home style ward; 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
Active Comparator: sparsely furnished ward; 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

Outcome Measures

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Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Length of stay in days [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
2. Scores on general psychiatric rating scale [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
   Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
3. Scores on violent or threatening incidents [ Time Frame: 3 days ]
   recorded with Staff Observation Aggression ScaleRevised (SOAS-R)

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Therapeutic steps daily [ Time Frame: 3 days ]

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
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

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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 Trøndelag

Investigators

Study Chair:	Olav M Linaker, Professor	Norwegian University of Science and Technology

More Information

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Publications of Results:

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.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Vaaler AE, Iversen VC, Morken G, Fløvig JC, Palmstierna T, Linaker OM. Short-term prediction of threatening and violent behaviour in an Acute Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit based on patient and environment characteristics. BMC Psychiatry. 2011 Mar 18;11:44. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-44.

Fløvig JC, Vaaler AE, Morken G. Effects of legal and illegal use of benzodiazepines at acute admission to a psychiatric acute department. BMC Res Notes. 2010 Oct 19;3:263. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-263.

Responsible Party:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184132 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	AEV-00
First Posted:	September 16, 2005
Last Update Posted:	March 13, 2017
Last Verified:	March 2017
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD:	No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:		No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:		No

Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Intensive care units; Emergency services, psychiatric; Interior Design and Furnishings; Intensive Care

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Mental Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders