Effects of Weight Control Program on Body Weight and the Sense of Efficacy for Control of Dietary Behavior of Psychiatric Inpatients.
10.4040/jkan.2008.38.4.533
- Author:
Mi Na HONG
1
;
Geum Sun BAEK
;
Yong Hee HAN
;
Myung Soon KWON
Author Information
1. Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract ; Evaluation Studies
- Keywords:
Psychiatric inpatients;
Weight loss;
Body weight
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cognitive Therapy;
Diet Therapy;
Exercise;
Female;
Health Behavior;
Hospitals, Psychiatric;
Humans;
Inpatients/psychology;
Mentally Ill Persons/*psychology;
Middle Aged;
Patient Education as Topic;
Psychiatric Nursing;
*Weight Loss
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2008;38(4):533-540
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was designed to examine the effects of a weight control program on body weight and the sense of efficacy for control of dietary behavior in psychiatric inpatients. METHODS: A quasi-experimental design was used. Data were collected from March 1 to September 30, 2007. Female mentally ill patients in closing psychiatry ward of H University Hospital participated in the study (16 persons in the experimental group and 13 in the control group). RESULTS: The weight control program including diet therapy, exercise, education and behavior modification therapy decreased the rate of weight gain in female mentally ill patients taking atypical antipsychotics, and effectively increased a sense of efficacy for control of dietary behavior. CONCLUSION: Weight control program had a positive effect as a nursing intervention to decrease obesity and to increase the sense of efficacy for control of dietary behavior of psychiatric inpatients in psychiatric inpatients.
