Mood radar: A technical aid in monitoring upcoming challenging behavior. Discovering dependable predictors of upcoming challenging behaviour in people with a mental disability. Measuring physiology of clients and their caretakers in natural situations. Viewing Challenging behaviour from a bio-physiological transactional model.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- challenging behavior
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28283
- Lead Sponsor
- De twentse Zorg centraUniversiteit Twente
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
For the clients the main inclusion criteria is the actual occurrence of challenging behaviour. This is operationalized through scores of 3 or 4 on the Consensprotocol Ernstig Probleemgedrag” (Kramer, 1995).
For the caretakers the inclusion criteria is having to work with the above mentioned client group.
Exclusion Criteria
Medication use which severely and directly influence arousallevels for example lang term working benzodiazepines.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Skin conductance, heart rate variability and occurrence of challenging behaviour will be measured on both the client and the caretaker in the natural situation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method