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Anthropometric data, energy consumption and psychotropic therapy in psychiatric patients
| Resumo: | Background In the last year, one in five Portuguese (23 %) suffered from a mental illness and almost half (43 %) has suffered, once in a lifetime, of these disorders. (Furtado et al., 2010) Data indicated that patients with persistent mental illness have higher obesity prevalence, comparing with general populations (Daumit et al. 2003). It aims to study the patient profile related to Anthropometric data (body mass index–BMI, body fat percentage–BF%), Energy consumption and Psychotropic Therapy of patients with psychiatric disorders treated with psychotropic drugs. It aims also to verify the correlation between Energy consumption and Anthropometry data with Psychotropic therapy. |
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| Autores principais: | Guilherme, Ana Lúcia |
| Outros Autores: | Simões, Joana; Sousa, Vanessa; Arvela, Ana Paula; Almeida-de-Souza, Juliana |
| Assunto: | Anthropometric Energy consumption Psychotropic therapy Psychiatric patients |
| Ano: | 2012 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | documento de conferência |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Biblioteca Digital do IPB |
| Resumo: | Background In the last year, one in five Portuguese (23 %) suffered from a mental illness and almost half (43 %) has suffered, once in a lifetime, of these disorders. (Furtado et al., 2010) Data indicated that patients with persistent mental illness have higher obesity prevalence, comparing with general populations (Daumit et al. 2003). It aims to study the patient profile related to Anthropometric data (body mass index–BMI, body fat percentage–BF%), Energy consumption and Psychotropic Therapy of patients with psychiatric disorders treated with psychotropic drugs. It aims also to verify the correlation between Energy consumption and Anthropometry data with Psychotropic therapy. |
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