NCT00474227

Proper Nutrition, Physical Exercise and Appropriate Weight in Individuals With Long Term Mental Illness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Based on previous findings that mentally ill inpatients are interested in losing treatment associate weight gain and are capable of adhering to a weight reduction program, this study will investigate the effects of participation in nutrition intervention, physical exercise and will monitor measurement of metabolic profiles (cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose). Hypothesis: participants will reduce weight, maintain weight loss and experience reduction in metabolic values and will experience improved quality of life.

Detailed description

Study sample: 50 chronic psychiatric inpatients with DSM\_IV diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, aged 18 or older. Exclusion criteria - pregnancy, severe physical illness, refusal to participate. Study instruments: Q-LES-Q-18 (quality of life): Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; Laboratory test- glucose levels, metabolic profiles (cholesterol, triglycerides). Measurements: Weight, BMI, pulse Intervention: Weekly group therapy, lectures on nutrition, physical exercise Duration of study: 3 months

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	group therapy, physical exercise, nutrition lectures	weekly group therapy, physical exercize, nutrition guidance

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-04-01
• Primary completion: 2007-10-01
• Completion: 2007-10-01
• First posted: 2007-05-16
• Last updated: 2008-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel