Schizophrenia, Obesity, Overweight
Conditions
Interventions
The study will be carried out at the outpatient psychiatry clinic of the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Consenting participants meeting inclusion criteria will be allocated into
Sponsors
Department of Psychiatry
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of schizophrenia (International Classification of Diseases (ICD), 10th edition) 2. Age 18 years and above 3. Capacity to give informed consent (as determined by assessment of an external psychiatrist) 4. Body Mass Index above the cut-off for Asians, which is 23 kg/m2 by the World Health Organization
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Diabetes mellitus 2. Hypertension 3. Dyslipidaemia 4. Patients on other weight reducing agents 5. Patients with a significant loss of appetite leading to loss of more than 10% of body weight over a period of six months 6. Patients with difficulty in swallowing 7. Pregnant and lactating females
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in body weight [At base line and then every four weeks until the completion of 3 months from commencement of the intervention ] Reduction in waist circumference [At base line and then every four weeks until the completion of 3 months from commencement of the intervention ] Reduction in skin fold thickness [At base line and then every four weeks until the completion of 3 months from commencement of the intervention ] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A potential change in psychiatric symptoms as measured by the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS) [At base line and then every four weeks until the completion of 3 months from commencement of the intervention ] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactMiyuru Chandradasa
Lecturer in Psychiatry
Outcome results
None listed