sleep disorders sleep problems
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
GGZ Drenthe (Assen)
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who signed the informed consent will be enrolled in the study, given that none of the exclusion criteria is applicable. Patients who do not speak Dutch will be interviewed with help of a translater. Also they will receive help filling out the questionnaires.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who at the time of enrollment are in a psychotic condition making a conversation or fair judgments of their own interests impossible or lost contact with reality will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Measurements of current sleep quality and quantity and current subjective aggression, impulsivity and hostility with questionnaires. - Objective information (from therapists of subjects) about the current risk of aggression, impulsivity and hostility obtained with the scores on the last HKT-30. With these parameters the following hypothesis will be examined: A lower sleep quality and sleep quantity is associated with a higher rate of (reactive) aggression. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| With data obtained from the questionnaires, personal interview and the medical file the following hypothesis will be examined: - What is the epidemiology of sleep disorders in forensic psychiatric patients? - What kind of sleep disorders do forensic psychiatric patients experience/have? - If forensic psychiatric patients have sleep disorders, when did they start? For example after traumatic experiences, during detention period of during stay in the clinic? - Are therapists aware of sleep disturbances of patients and if so, how are sleep disorders treated among forensic psychiatric patients? - Are specific psychiatric disorders related to specific sleep disturbances? - Are there specific psychiatric disorders in which the relationship between sleep disorders and (reactive) aggression is stronger compared to other psychiatric disorders? | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed