Accelerometer-measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity of inpatients with severe mental illness

Accelerometer-measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity of inpatients with severe mental illness

Kruisdijk, F.
Deenik, J.
Yenback, D.
Tak, E.C.
van Harten, P.
Hopman-Rock, M.
Hendriksen, I.

2017

Sedentary behaviour and lack of physical activity threatens health. Research concerning these behaviours of inpatients with severe mental illness is limited but urgently needed to reveal prevalence and magnitude. In total, 184 inpatients (men n =108, women n =76, mean age 57,4, 20% first generation antipsychotics, 40% second generation antipsychotics, 43% antidepressants, mean years hospitalisation 13 years), with severe mental illness of a Dutch psychiatric hospital wore an accelerometer for five days to objectively measure total activity counts per hour and percentages in sedentary behaviour, light intensity physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity. Accelerometer data were compared with data of 54 healthy ward employees. Patients showed significantly less activity counts per hour compared to employees (p=0.02), although the differences were small (d=0.32). Patients were sedentary during 84% of the wear time (50min/h), spend 10% in light intensity physical activity and 6% in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Age was the only significant predictor, predicting less total activity counts/h in higher ages. Decreasing sedentary behaviour and improving physical activity in this population should be a high priority in clinical practice

Life
CH - Child Health
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Healthy for Life
Health
Healthy Living
Accelerometry
Comorbidity
Inpatients
Schizophrenia
Sedentary lifestyle
Antidepressant agent
Neuroleptic agent
Accelerometer
Adult
Age distribution
Bipolar disorder
Controlled study
Depression
Female
Hospital patient
Human
Major clinical study
Male
Mental disease
Physical activity
Physical inactivity
Psychosis
Risk factor

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.035

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Psychiatric Research, 254, 67-74

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