The relationship between sleep disorders and (reactive) aggression in forensic psychiatric patients.

Recruiting

Conditions: sleep disorders
sleep problems
10040991

Registration Number: NL-OMON34061

Lead Sponsor: GGZ Drenthe (Assen)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 135

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

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.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- Measurements of current sleep quality and quantity and current subjective<br /><br>aggression, impulsivity and hostility with questionnaires.<br /><br>- Objective information (from therapists of subjects) about the current risk of<br /><br>aggression, impulsivity and hostility obtained with the scores on the last<br /><br>HKT-30.<br /><br><br /><br>With these parameters the following hypothesis will be examined:<br /><br>A lower sleep quality and sleep quantity is associated with a higher rate of<br /><br>(reactive) aggression.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>With data obtained from the questionnaires, personal interview and the medical<br /><br>file the following hypothesis will be examined:<br /><br>- What is the epidemiology of sleep disorders in forensic psychiatric patients?<br /><br>- What kind of sleep disorders do forensic psychiatric patients experience/have?<br /><br>- If forensic psychiatric patients have sleep disorders, when did they start?<br /><br>For example after traumatic experiences, during detention period of during stay<br /><br>in the clinic?<br /><br>- Are therapists aware of sleep disturbances of patients and if so, how are<br /><br>sleep disorders treated among forensic psychiatric patients?<br /><br>- Are specific psychiatric disorders related to specific sleep disturbances?<br /><br>- Are there specific psychiatric disorders in which the relationship between<br /><br>sleep disorders and (reactive) aggression is stronger compared to other<br /><br>psychiatric disorders?</p><br>