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59 Hazardous lifestyles in patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics: results of the Bosnian clinical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Rusmir Softic ,
Alija Sutovic  and
Esmina Avdibegovic
Rusmir Softic
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Solina b.b., 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina, E-mail: dr.softic@gmail.com
Alija Sutovic
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Solina b.b., 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina, E-mail: dr.softic@gmail.com
Esmina Avdibegovic
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Solina b.b., 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina, E-mail: dr.softic@gmail.com
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Type
Posters – Psychiatry
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 21 , Issue S2: Special Issue: Abstracts of 49th Neuropsychiatric Pula Congress, 17-20 June 2009, Pula, Croatia , June 2009 , pp. 92
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

Introduction/Objectives:

Individuals with schizophrenia are in greater risk of physical illnesses, and their life is shorter comparing with general population. Hazardous lifestyles as tobacco smoking, lack of physical activity, and obesity contributing to this negative trend. Role of antipsychotic therapy, particularly second generation is also possible. This study aimed to establish hazardous lifestyles in clinical sample of patients with schizophrenia treated with first or second generation antipsychotics.

Participants, Materials/Methods:

Study included 60 patients with schizophrenia (38.3% women) treated with antipsychotics for period of 6 months or longer. Experimental group included 30 patients treated with second generation antipsychotics, and control group included 30 patients treated with first generation antipsychotics. Physical activity, tobacco smoking, and waist circumference as an increased body weight indicator were analysed. Overweight was defined as a waist circumference above 102 cm for males and 88 cm for females.

Results:

Mean age was 44.5 ± 12.6. In this sample were 75% tobacco smokers, 30% of subjects taking typical, and 43% of subjects taking atypical antipsychotics declared physical inactivity during most of the day. Increased waist circumference was established in 51.6% of subjects. There wasn't any statistically significant difference between two group of subjects (P = 0.538).

Conclusions:

Hazardous lifestyles including cigarette smoking, lack of physical activity and increased body weight are common in the individuals with schizophrenia. There wasn't any statistically significant difference between subjects taking first or second generation antipsychotics.