Agitation in the Acute Psychiatric Department

NCT01415323 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 384

Last updated 2024-11-19

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Summary

Agitation is associated with a number of acute psychiatric conditions, and frequent in acute psychiatric admissions. It is associated with violence towards others, and strongly associated with in-patient suicides.

The main aims of the study are to assess different clinical presentations of agitation at admittance, and to assess the consequences of these different clinical presentations during the first three days of the stay.

Conditions

  • Mental Disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bergen

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER
  • Deakin University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arne E Vaaler, PhD, MD · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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