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KMID : 1177220070100010041
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Korean Journal of Schizophrenia Research
2007 Volume.10 No. 1 p.41 ~ p.45
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Long-term Outcome of Weight and the Contributing Factors in Women Psychiatric Inpatients
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Lee Jin-Young
Lee Moon-Sung
Lee Mi-Kyung
Hong Jung-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives：The authors endeavored to determine the long-term weight changes and their contributing factors in psychiatric inpatient for women.
Methods：A retrospective chart review of patients admitted to the psychiatric inpatient unit was conducted. Thirty four women patients who had been admitted over 2 years were included and then factors affecting weight gain were searched. The correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis were applied to analyze the data.
Results：In the correlation analysis, the body mass index (BMI) changes during 2 year-admission was correlated to the BMI at the admission, the applied duration of the drugs prescribed with same from 2 year-admission retrospectively. The stepwise regression analysis showed the significant relationship between the BMI changes during 2 year-admission and the BMI at the admission, the BMI changes during 2 year-admission and the evaluation score of drugs affecting weight gain during 2 year-admission, and the BMI changes during 2 year-admission and the age, respectively.
Conclusion：In this retrospective study, the BMI changes during 2 year-admission was contributed by the BMI at the admission, the evaluated score of drugs affecting weight changes during 2 year-admission, and the age of a patient in women psychiatric inpatient.
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KEYWORD
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Body mass index, Psychiatric inpatients, Long-term, Contributing factors
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