Informing the development of antipsychotic-induced weight gain management guidance: patient experiences and preferences - qualitative descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG) is a substantial contributor to high obesity rates in psychiatry. Limited management guidance exists to inform clinical practice, and individuals with experience of managing AIWG have had no or minimal input into its development. A lack of empirical research outlining patient values and preferences for management also exists. Recommendations addressing weight management in psychiatry may be distinctly susceptible to ideology and sociocultural values regarding intervention appropriateness and expectations of self-management, reinforcing the need for co-produced management guidance. This study is the first to ask: how do individuals conceptualise preferred AIWG management and how can this be realised in practice?

Aims

1. Expl

SUBMITTER: Fitzgerald I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698206 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature