Samsjuklighet
(2011)Department of Health Sciences
- Abstract
- Studies have shown that people with mental illness are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Contributing causes may be lifestyle and atypical antipsychotic drugs that this patient group normally takes. At this point psychiatry have focused on treating the patient’s psychiatric symptoms and not physical health problems such as high BMI, abnormal waist/hip ratio, elevated blood pressure, and diabetes and lipid levels. This study examines both the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, care needs and quality of life of mentally ill people in social psychiatry. High waist/hip ratio was the risk factor that most patients had followed by high BMI, atypical antipsychotic drug usage, smoking, elevated blood pressure and elevated lipid levels. A... (More)
- Studies have shown that people with mental illness are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Contributing causes may be lifestyle and atypical antipsychotic drugs that this patient group normally takes. At this point psychiatry have focused on treating the patient’s psychiatric symptoms and not physical health problems such as high BMI, abnormal waist/hip ratio, elevated blood pressure, and diabetes and lipid levels. This study examines both the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, care needs and quality of life of mentally ill people in social psychiatry. High waist/hip ratio was the risk factor that most patients had followed by high BMI, atypical antipsychotic drug usage, smoking, elevated blood pressure and elevated lipid levels. A significant association was found between the number of risk factors and health needs. No associations between quality of life and physical or mental illness was found. (Less)
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- author
- Liljeholm, Karolina and Shafiee, Alma
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Riskfaktorer för metabolt syndrom vid psykisk sjukdom
- year
- 2011
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Metabolic syndrome, mental illness, antipsychotic drugs, health needs, quality of life
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 2532273
- date added to LUP
- 2012-05-04 14:25:36
- date last changed
- 2015-12-14 13:21:26
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abstract = {{Studies have shown that people with mental illness are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Contributing causes may be lifestyle and atypical antipsychotic drugs that this patient group normally takes. At this point psychiatry have focused on treating the patient’s psychiatric symptoms and not physical health problems such as high BMI, abnormal waist/hip ratio, elevated blood pressure, and diabetes and lipid levels. This study examines both the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, care needs and quality of life of mentally ill people in social psychiatry. High waist/hip ratio was the risk factor that most patients had followed by high BMI, atypical antipsychotic drug usage, smoking, elevated blood pressure and elevated lipid levels. A significant association was found between the number of risk factors and health needs. No associations between quality of life and physical or mental illness was found.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Samsjuklighet}},
year = {{2011}},
}