Prevalence and Its Correlates of Night Eating Syndrome in Schizophrenic Outpatients

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate theprevalence of night eating syndrome (NES) and its correlates in schizophrenicoutpatients. Methods: The 14 items of self-reported night eatingquestionnaire (NEQ) was administered to 201 schizophrenic patients in psychiatricoutpatient clinic. We examined demographic and clinical characteristics, bodymass index (BMI), subjective measures of mood, sleep, binge eating, andweightrelated quality of life using Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI),Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Binge Eating Scale (BES) and Koreanversion of Obesity-Related Quality of Life Scale (KOQoL), respectively. Results: The prevalence of night eaters in schizophrenicoutpatients was 10.4% (21 of 201). Comparisons between NES group and non-NES grouprevealed no significant differences in sociodemographic characteristics,clinical status and BMI. Compared to non-NES, patients with NES reportedsignificantly greater depressed mood and sleep disturbance, more binge eatingpattern, and decreased weight-related quality of life. While 'morning anorexia'and 'delayed morning meal' (2 of 5 NES core components in NEQ) were notdiffered between groups, 'nocturnal ingestions', 'evening hyperphagia', and'mood/sleep' were more impaired in NES group. Conclusion: These findings are the first to describe theprevalence and its correlates of night eaters in schizophrenic outpatients.These results suggest that NES has negative mental health implications,although it was not associated with obesity. Further study to generalize theseresults is required.

Nutrition risk screening methods for adults living with severe mental illness: A scoping review

“…After removing duplicate records, records that did not meet the inclusion criteria, and records without an accessible full text (excluding eligible grey literature abstracts), 20 records were included. Fifteen were primary studies, three were abstracts from conference publications [29][30][31] and two were abstracts from poster presentations, 32,33 as presented in Figure 1. Participant characteristics, context, content/components of screening method and validity of each screening method are summarised in Table 1.…”

“…Studies were conducted across 12 countries in a range of settings. Four studies were from Korea, 30,31,34,35 three from the United Kingdom, 19,29,36 two from Spain 37,38 and one each from the United States, 12 Canada, 33 Ireland, 22 India, 39 Greece, 40 Turkey, 41 Israel 42 and France. 43 One study included a population from the United States and Canada 44 and one did not provide the country from which it was conducted.…”

“…43 One study included a population from the United States and Canada 44 and one did not provide the country from which it was conducted. 32 Five studies were conducted in an outpatient setting, 30,31,33,37,45 three in an inpatient 19,29,36 setting and three in a combined inpatient and outpatient setting. 39,41,43 A further two studies were conducted in a community setting 12,40 and two in a combined inpatient, outpatient and community setting.…”

“…Participant age ranged from 18 to 88 years old, with age not provided in six studies. 30,31,33,37,38,44 Thirteen studies included a population of both males and females, 12,19,22,[33][34][35][36][37][39][40][41]43,45 three included females exclusively 29,32,42 and four did not state the gender of…”

“…describing the process of article selection participants. 30,31,38,44 This translated to 23% of participants from all included studies being male and 30% being female, with almost half (47%) having gender not stated.…”