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
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
54
Østmarka Psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital
Trondheim, Norway
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
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