Nigist Alemayehu Woldekidan|Ammas Siraj Mohammed|Amsalu Degu|Yohannes Tadiwos
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and associated factors among psychiatric patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
University of Gondar|Haramaya University|Alliant International University|United States International University Africa|Haramaya University
background psychiatric patients increased risk overweight obese subsequently develop metabolic syndrome nevertheless data regarding associated factors weight gain limited inconsistent objective present study aimed determine risk metabolic syndrome associated factors among psychiatric patients method crosssectional quantitative study conducted among psychiatric patients psychiatric unit university gondar comprehensive specialized hospital march 1 april 1 2018 eligible psychiatric patients interviewed sociodemographic statusand clinical characteristics useful parameters study recorded medical records patients measuring waist height ratio descriptive statistics used summarize baseline informationbinary logistic regression used determine associated factors pvalue lt005 confidence interval ci 95 used cut points determining statistical significance result 300 patients included study 16856 patients femalesand around 503 study participants low literacy levels per waist height ratio scale 58 174 patients risk metabolic syndrome binary logistic regression analysis indicated sex plt00001 occupation p 0032 marital status p0006 distance hospital plt00001 statistically significant determinants metabolic syndrome risk psychiatric patient setting conclusion majority psychiatric patients study setting risk metabolic syndrome sex marital status employment status distance hospital significantly associated metabolic syndrome routine physical laboratory investigations detect metabolic syndrome indispensable psychiatric patients prevent cardiovascular complications