associations between selected blood parameters and behavioral features in a group of hospitalised forensic patients - a cross-sectional analysis
Completed
- Conditions
- agressie, zowel fysiek en verbaalaggressionimpulsivity10021563
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36918
- Lead Sponsor
- Altrecht GGZ (Den Dolder)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
- having committed an impulsive and/or aggressive crime
- currently hospitalised on a forensic psychiatric ward
- any DSM-IV axis I and/or II diagnosis
- age >18 year
Exclusion Criteria
- the inability to give informed consent
- Primary neurological disorder (ICD-10: F00.xx -F09.xx).
- any reason - according to the judgement of the psychiatrist - contraindicating participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Blood levels of:<br /><br>- lead<br /><br>- the fatty acids arachidonic acid, eicosapentanoenic acid and<br /><br>docosahexanoenic acid<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>- the relation between these levels and reference measures<br /><br><br /><br>Behavioural measures:-<br /><br>- aspects of actual aggression (AVL: self rated aggressive tendencies; SDAS<br /><br>aggression according to staff).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Blood levels of:<br /><br>- iron<br /><br>- zinc<br /><br>- copper<br /><br>- magnesium<br /><br>- vitamin B6<br /><br>- vitamin D3<br /><br>- ferritine<br /><br><br /><br>- the relation between these levels and reference measures<br /><br><br /><br>Behavioural measures:-<br /><br>- psychiatric diagnosis<br /><br>- general health and wellbeing (GHQ-28), and psychiatric symptoms (SCL-90)<br /><br>- risk assessment scores(HCR-20 scales)<br /><br>- aspects of actual aggression (SOAS-R: severity and frequency of aggression<br /><br>incidents)</p><br>