J Korean Acad Nurs.  2008 Aug;38(4):533-540. 10.4040/jkan.2008.38.4.533.

Effects of Weight Control Program on Body Weight and the Sense of Efficacy for Control of Dietary Behavior of Psychiatric Inpatients

• Hong MN
• Baek GS
• Han YH
• Kwon MS

• KMID: 820107
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.4.533

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.

Keyword

Psychiatric inpatients; Weight loss; Body weight

MeSH Terms

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

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  Figure 1 Change of body weight by week.

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  Figure 2 Change of the sense of efficacy for control of dietary behavior by week.

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