Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents in secure psychiatric care typically report high obesity rates. However, longitudinal research exploring the rate and extent of change is sparse. This study aimed to analyse sex differences in longitudinal body mass index (BMI) change for adolescents receiving treatment in a secure psychiatric hospital.

Methods

The sample comprised 670 adolescents in secure psychiatric care. BMI trajectories from admission to 50 months of hospitalisation were produced using sex-stratified multilevel models. Systematic difference in mean BMI trajectories according to age at admission (14, 15, 16, or 17 years), medication (Olanzapine or Sodium Valproate), and primary diagnosis (Psychotic, non-Psychotic or Functional/behavioural disorders) were investigated.

Results

SUBMITTER: Anthony J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946920 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature