Comparison of Physical Fitness, Physical Activity Level in Patients With Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

Yeditepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05936983

2023/514/247/4

Details and patient eligibility

About

According to the World Health Organization; Bipolar disorder ranks in the top 20 causes of disability among all medical conditions and 6th among mental disorders worldwide. Bipolar disorder is noted as a serious mental illness involving emotional ups and downs.

Full description

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder characterized by the appearance of both positive symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions and negative symptoms such as apathy and withdrawal, repetition of cognitive skills, and disorganization. In this study, it was aimed to compare physical fitness, physical activity level, depression and quality of life in bipolar disoder and schizophrenic patients with healthy individuals.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia by a physician according to DSM-5 criteria

  • Individuals with bipolar and schizophrenia between the ages of 30-55
  • Patients without any other accompanying psychiatric disorder
  • Patients who can communicate
  • Patients who agreed to participate in this study and gave informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a psychiatric diagnosis other than bipolar and schizophrenia.
• Pregnancy condition
• Those who did not consent to participate in the study

Trial design

90 participants in 3 patient groups

Patients with Bipolar disorder

Description:

Participants will be asked to fill out a structured questionnaire containing their sociodemographic characteristics. Then, Anthropometric Measurements, Eurofit test battery, Rapid Depressive Symptom Inventory-Self-Report Form and International physical activity questionnaire will be applied respectively.

Patients with Schizophrenia group

Description:

Participants will be asked to fill out a structured questionnaire containing their sociodemographic characteristics. Then, Anthropometric Measurements, Eurofit test battery, Rapid Depressive Symptom Inventory-Self-Report Form and International physical activity questionnaire will be applied respectively.

Healthy group

Description:

Participants will be asked to fill out a structured questionnaire containing their sociodemographic characteristics. Then, Anthropometric Measurements, Eurofit test battery, Rapid Depressive Symptom Inventory-Self-Report Form and International physical activity questionnaire will be applied respectively.