Abnormal diurnal weight gain among chronically psychotic patients contrasted with acutely psychotic patients and normals
| Autor: | M. Mitchell, L. S. Godleski, W. V. R. Vieweg, P. L. Hundley, G. R. Yank |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Affective Disorders Psychotic Male Psychosis Chlorpromazine Neurocognitive Disorders Drinking Behavior Physiology Blood Pressure Weight Gain Body weight Personality Disorders Developmental psychology medicine Humans Antipsychotic drug Applied Psychology Smoking Diurnal temperature variation Water-Electrolyte Balance medicine.disease Circadian Rhythm Psychiatry and Mental health Blood pressure Psychotic Disorders Baseline weight Schizophrenia Female medicine.symptom Psychology Weight gain |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Medicine. 19:105-109 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8978 0033-2917 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0033291700011065 |
| Popis: | SynopsisWe found diurnal weight gain to be abnormal among 28 institutionalized chronically psychotic patients. They were weighed daily for 15 days at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. We normalized the diurnal weight gain (NDWG) as a percentage by subtracting the 7 a.m. weight from the 4 p.m. weight, multiplying the difference by 100, and then dividing the result by the 7 a.m. weight. NDWG was 2·8 ± 1·3% for the 28 study patients, 0·631 ±0·405% for 16 acutely psychotic controls, and 0·511 ±0·351 % for 29 normals. Ninety-three per cent of the study sample had NDWG values above the upper limit of normal. Sex, diagnosis, smoking, baseline weight, blood pressure, and pulse did not explain these observations. NDWG related (N = 28, r = 0·552, P = 0·002) to antipsychotic drug dose. The implications of our findings are discussed. |
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