Obesity and Related-factors in Patients with Chronic Mental Illness Registered to Community Mental Health Welfare Centers

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2018;29(1):76-86

Publication date (electronic) : 2018 March 12

doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2018.29.1.76

¹Gunpo-si Community Mental Health Welfare Center, Gunpo, Korea

²Graduate School of Public Health, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Corresponding author: Lee, Eun-Hyun Graduate School of Public Health, Ajou University, 164 World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16499, Korea. Tel: +82-31-219-5296, Fax: +82-31-219-5025, E-mail: ehlee@ajou.ac.kr

Received 2017 September 22; Revised 2018 January 29; Accepted 2018 January 29.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of study was to examine the relationship between obesity and its associated factors (psychiatric symptom, duration of illness, type of medication, physical activity, dietary habits, depressive symptom, and stress) in patients with chronic mental illness registered to community mental health welfare centers.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional correlation study using a convenience sampling. A total of 392 participants were recruited from community mental health welfare centers. The obtained data were analyzed using binary and multinomial logistic regression.

Results

Atypical antipsychotic medication, duration of illness, dietary habits (overeating, and drinking instant coffee) were significantly contributed variables into body mass index (BMI) obesity. Atypical antipsychotic medication and instant coffee were significantly related to abdominal obesity.

Conclusion

These results emphasized the needs of tailored obesity-preventive management for the community-dwelling patients with chronic mental illness, topically focusing on the administration of atypical antipsychotic medication, duration of illness, and dietary habits.

Keywords: Mental disorders; Obesity; Depression; Diet; Psychological stress

Table 1.

General Characteristics and Their Associations with BMI and Abdominal Obesity (N=392)

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for the Study Variables. (N=392)

Table 3.

Multinominal Logistic Regression Analysis: BMI Obesity and Related Study Variables (N=392)

Table 4.

Logistic Regression Analysis: Abdominal Obesity and Related Study Variables (N=392)

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