ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 43
Abstract
BACKGROUND There was substantial evidence to support the relationship between overweight, obesity and medical conditions, but little was known about their relationships to psychiatric disorders.[1] Clinical observations had suggested possible relationship between obesity and depression.[2] Being overweight or obese and having increased psychiatric symptoms had been explained by some literatures,[3,4] whereas other literatures failed to document direct associations between obesity and depression.[5,6] Our aim was to identify relationship between major psychiatric disorders and nutritional status with the help of anthropometry and a few biochemical parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS It was a cross-sectional study. 67 women and 29 men reporting to the Outpatient Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, a tertiary care centre in West Bengal, India. Patients were diagnosed by the psychiatrist according to International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) guidelines. Assessment of the nutritional status of the respondents consisted of anthropometric measurements and examination of few biochemical parameters. RESULTS Mean age of men and women was 40.78 yrs. (SD ±12.93) and 41.28 yrs. (SD ±11.93) respectively. Mean Body Mass Index (BMI) of anxiety (22.33 ± 3.95) and psychotic patients (21.05 ± 3.4) were normal except mood disorder (23.17 ± 4.21) patients. Mean concentration of Total Cholesterol (TC) is highest in mood disorder (178.20 ± 41.12) followed by anxiety (166.26 ± 26.59) and lowest in psychosis (149.63 ± 25.86). In mood disorders patient’s mean BMI, Body Fat percentage (BF%), Central Skin Fold Thickness (CSFT) and Peripheral Skin Fold Thickness (PSFT) was higher in women than men and it was statistically significant. CONCLUSION Major psychiatric disorders were common in normal BMI people.
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Subhendu Datta, Rumi Gayen, Indranil Chakraborty
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