Table 3.
Monitoring of physical health parameters in chronic psychosis
| Baseline (%, n/total) |
Re-audit (%, n/total) |
Baseline vs re-audit (p value) |
Chronic vs FEP, post-intervention (p value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 17.0% (7/41) | 34.1% (14/41) | 0.12 | 0.03* |
| Body mass index (BMI) | 9.7% (4/41) | 12.1% (5/41) | 1.0 | 1.00 |
| Waist circumference | 0% (0/41) | 0% (0/41) | 1.0 | 1.00 |
| Fasting glucose | 17% (7/41) | 24.3% (10/41) | 0.58 | 0.0009*** |
| Fasting lipids | 17% (7/41) | 24.3% (10/41) | 0.58 | 0.0001**** |
| Blood pressure | 20% (8/41) | 41.4% (17/41) | 0.053* | 0.27 |
| Diabetes | 4% (2/41) | NR | NR | NR |
| Diabetes treatment | 0% (0/41) | NR | NR | NR |
| Hypertension | 9.7% (4/41) | NR | NR | NR |
| Hypertension treatment | 2.4% (1/41) | NR | NR | NR |
NR not recorded