Assessing dietary and lifestyle risk factors and their associations with disease comorbidities among patients with schizophrenia: A case-control study from Bahrain

Highlights • The most common physical-health morbidities among patients with schizophrenia in Bahrain were cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal disorders, and obesity. • The prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption, excessive dietary intake, and decreased PA are...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2017-08, Vol.28, p.115-123
Main Authors: Jahrami, Haitham Ali, Faris, Mo'ez Al-Islam Ezzat, Saif, Zahraa Qassim, Hammad, Laila Habib
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bahrain - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Case–control
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Diet
Feeding Behavior
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Lifestyle
Male
Middle Aged
Multimorbidity
Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology
Physical activity
Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - epidemiology
Sedentary Lifestyle
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
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Summary:Highlights • The most common physical-health morbidities among patients with schizophrenia in Bahrain were cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal disorders, and obesity. • The prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption, excessive dietary intake, and decreased PA are significantly higher in cases of schizophrenia compared with controls • Cases with schizophrenia are three times higher to have up to three physical-health morbidities. • Excessive dietary intake and decreased physical activity were identified as the main risk factors. for three or more medical comorbidities in patients with schizophrenia.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.036