Treatment of challenging behaviour with medication; is there another way?
Completed
- Conditions
- Mental health problems
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23433
- Lead Sponsor
- MCG
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion Criteria
Person with a moderate to profound intellectual disability (level of cognitive development < 6 years)
-Age > 12 years
-Off-label psychotropic drug use for more than one year
-Informed consent (IC) signed by participant and/or participant representative (depending on the competence of the participant)
Exclusion Criteria
-One of the following DSM diagnoses:
- Dementia
- Chronic psychotic disorder
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Bipolar disorder type I
-Significant life event in the past six months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aberrant Behavior Checklist
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Behavior Problems Inventory, Quantity and quality of off-label psychotropic drug prescription, Medical diagnoses, Restrictive measures, Implemented interventions, Type, dosage and frequency of psychotropic drugs, The number and nature of side-effects of psychotropic drug use, <br>Baselin measures: Minimal Data Set (MDS), Personal Outcome Scale (POS), Checklist Life Events (CLE), Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with a Developmental Disability Checklist (PAS-ADD Checklist), Vragenlijst over Ontwikkeling en Gedrag van kinderen (VOG)