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dc.contributor.author | Maaroganye, K.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Mohapi, M.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Kruger, Christa![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Rheeder, Paul![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-19T13:06:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-19T13:06:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of metabolic disorders in long-term psychiatric patients, and the relationship between known risk factors and these metabolic disorders. METHOD: All psychiatric in-patients ≥18 years, who had been admitted ≥six months were invited to participate. Eighty-four patients participated. They were interviewed, examined, measured and blood tests conducted to determine several demographic and clinical variables including age, gender, weight, blood pressure and fasting blood glucose. RESULTS: The prevalence of the metabolic disorders were: metabolic syndrome 32%, hypertension 32%, diabetes mellitus 8%, cholesterol dyslipidaemia 32%, triglyceride dyslipidaemia 29%, low density lipoprotein (LDL) dyslipidaemia 50%, overweight 37%, and obesity 24%. Black African and female patients were more likely to have metabolic syndrome. Female patients were more likely to have cholesterol dyslipidaemia and obesity. Hypertension was associated with age. Ninety-six percent of patients with dyslipidaemia were newly diagnosed during the study. Three out of the seven previously diagnosed diabetic patients had raised fasting blood glucose levels. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome falls towards the lower limits of the expected prevalence rate. Race and gender showed a moderate statistical association with metabolic syndrome. There is a lack of screening for dyslipidaemia in this setting. Diabetic patients should be referred to specialist diabetic clinics for better monitoring and control. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2013 | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | ay2013 | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Research Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pretoria | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_medjda.html | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Maaroganye, K, Mohapi, M, Kruger, C & Rheeder, P 2013, 'The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in long-term patients in a specialist psychiatric hospital in South Africa', African Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 414-423. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1994-8220 | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i6.53 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32497 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | In House Publications | en_US |
dc.rights | In House Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Metabolic syndrome | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychiatric patients | en_US |
dc.subject | Risk factors | en_US |
dc.subject | Prevalence | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Diabetes | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Psychiatric hospital patients | en |
dc.title | The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in long-term patients in a specialist psychiatric hospital in South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |