Agitation in the Acute Psychiatric Department

NCT01415323 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Acute agitation
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 384
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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

Keywords

Emergency services, psychiatric; Psychomotor agitation; Suicide; Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• the number of violent or threatening incidents the first three days of inpatient stay measured with The Staff Observation Aggression Scale - Revised (SOAS-R) with positive scorings of incidents with a severity score >8.

  Up to 4 years.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• the degree of suicidal intention the first three days of inpatient stay measured with the 10 item self-rating VAS-scale administered at discharge from the acute department.

  Up 4 years

Study Arms (1)

Acutely admitted psychiatric in-patients

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

All acutely admitted psychiatric in-patients from a defined catchment area.

You may qualify if:

• All consecutive acutely admitted in-patients are asked for participation.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients not willing to sign informed consent form.
• Patients not speaking English or Norwegian.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology: lead
• University of Bergen: collaborator
• University of Oslo: collaborator
• Deakin University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

St Olavs University Hospital, Department of Acute Psychiatry Østmarka

Trondheim, 7441, Norway

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Sallaup TV, Vaaler AE, Iversen VC, Guzey IC. Challenges in detecting and diagnosing substance use in women in the acute psychiatric department: a naturalistic cohort study. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Nov 17;16(1):406. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1124-y.

  PMID: 27855664 RESULT

• Nakken EI, Grinde F, Vaaler A, Drange OK, Brodtkorb E, Saether SG. Epilepsy and other seizure disorders in acute psychiatric inpatients. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 15;21(1):626. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03619-y.

  PMID: 34911471 RESULT

• Krane-Gartiser K, Vaaler AE, Fasmer OB, Sorensen K, Morken G, Scott J. Variability of activity patterns across mood disorders and time of day. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Dec 19;17(1):404. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1574-x.

  PMID: 29258468 DERIVED

Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

Blood samples are collected for storage and analyses both at admittance and discharge from the psychiatric acute department.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders; Psychomotor Agitation; Suicide

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Dyskinesias; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Psychomotor Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Aberrant Motor Behavior in Dementia; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Self-Injurious Behavior

Study Officials

• Arne E Vaaler, PhD, MD

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2011
• First Posted: August 11, 2011
• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2012
• Study Completion: March 1, 2012
• Last Updated: November 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Locations

NO (1)