A retrospective database study on 2-year weight trajectories in first-episode psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is critical to focus on individual weight profiles in line with efforts to tailor treatment, given the heterogeneous nature of the clinical population. This study aims to identify and describe possible two-year weight trajectories among patients accepted to the Early Psychosis Intervention Programme (EPIP) in Singapore.

Methods

De-identified data was extracted from EPIP's standing database for patients accepted from 2014 to 2018 with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Data collected at fixed time-points (baseline, 1-year, and 2-year) included anthropometric measures (height and weight), and sociodemographic (age, sex, highest education level, and vocational status) and clinical (duration of untreated psychosis, number of inpatient admissions, and scores on th

SUBMITTER: Chua YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354663 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature