Dietary underreporting in women with schizophrenia requiring dietary intervention: a case control study.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate diet underreporting of women treated for schizophrenia undergoing dietary treatment and to compare it with nonpsychiatric women.


METHODS
The study included 23 women (13 with schizophrenia) who had actively sought treatment for weight loss. All subjects were smokers with low activity level. A 24-hour diet recall using standardized food models was used to collect energy intake (EI) reporting . In order to identify participants who reported low EI, we used the Goldberg cut-off methodology.


RESULTS
The percentage of underreporters was higher in patients with schizophrenia [77%, 95% confidence interval (46-95%)] than in controls [50%, 95% confidence interval (19-81%)].


CONCLUSIONS
Diet underreporting is a frequent phenomenon in women with schizophrenia requiring dietary intervention.
Khazaal
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Division of Substance Abuse, Geneva University Hospitals, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland. yasser.khazaal@hcuge.ch
Rothen
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Morinière Trombert
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Frésard
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Zullino
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D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D015930:Diet Records; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012650:Self Disclosure