Exercise and Diet Program for Schizophrenia Patients Who Are Taking Atypical Antipsychotic Medications

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Behavioral: Diet; Behavioral: Exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01409590

SHEBA-05-3627-RA-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study the investigators will recruit patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia that are taking atypical neuroleptics and that are willing to participate in an exercise and diet program. The investigators will measure weight and abdomen circumference.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Schizophrenia
• Atypical neuroleptics

Exclusion criteria

• Medical illness preventing exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise and Diet program

Other group

Description:

All patients recruited in the study, participated in an homogeneous exercise program and diet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise program

Behavioral: Diet