ArticleBMC psychiatry2013
Body mass index and quality of life among outpatients with schizophrenia in Japan.
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- Clinical, social, and economic burdens of schizophrenia in Japan: a targeted literature review.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
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- The effects of clinical illness severity and physical activity on health-related quality of life in schizophrenia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
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- Attitudes toward metabolic adverse events among patients with schizophrenia in Japan.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2016Article
- Attitudes toward Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials of Patients with Schizophrenia in Japan.PloS one · 2015Article
- The assessment of quality of life in clinical practice in patients with schizophrenia.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2014Article
- Comparison of predictive equations for resting energy expenditure among patients with schizophrenia in Japan.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is becoming more prevalent and thus growing as a public health concern in patients with schizophrenia. This investigation evaluated the relationship between body weight and the self-reported quality of life (QOL) of Japanese patients with schizophrenia.
methodsWe recruited outpatients (n=225) aged 42.5 ± 12.8 (mean ± SD) years with a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia who were admitted to psychiatric hospitals. This study used a cross-sectional design. The assessments included an interview to obtain sociodemographic data, the second version of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2), the 10-item version of the Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI-10), the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) and height and weight measurements. SF-36v2 subscores were examined for differences based on the following body mass index (BMI) categories: healthy weight (BMI < 24.9), overweight (BMI 25-29.9) and obese (BMI > 30). A multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the relationship between these BMI categories and QOL outcomes.
resultsThe overall prevalence of obesity in our sample was 16.4%. A multiple regression model revealed that age, gender, DAI-10 scores, CGI-S scores, social functioning, role emotional functioning, mental health, and Mental Composite Summary (MCS) score were significantly and positively associated with overweight status. Physical functioning, general health, role emotional functioning, mental health, and a physical composite summary (PCS) score were significantly and negatively associated with obesity.
conclusionsThe burden of obesity is both a physical and a mental problem. An obesity intervention program for patients with schizophrenia may improve health-related QOL in patients with schizophrenia.
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