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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00184132

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-16

Start date

2000-11-30

Completion date

2010-06-30

Last updated

2017-03-13

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Conditions

Mental Disorders

Keywords

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

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.

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

Interventions

PROCEDUREPsychiatric intensive care unit in Norwegian home style

PROCEDUREPsychiatric intensive care unit sparsely furnished and not decorated

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

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

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Therapeutic steps daily	3 days

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 29, 2026