Screening for diabetes using monitoring guidance in schizophrenia patients treated with second-generation antipsychotics: a 1-year follow-up study (original) (raw)
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The Japanese blood glucose monitoring guidance for patients receiving second-generation antipsychotics has been newly developed. We aimed to report a cross-sectional study using the baseline data of the Japanese monitoring guidance to find undiagnosed hyperglycemia systematically as a routine clinical practice and to quantify the frequency of glucose abnormalities in schizophrenia patients treated with second-generation antipsychotics. Data for 537 patients with schizophrenia, who had not been diagnosed as having diabetes prior to baseline screening and started the monitoring between June 2008 and January 2009, were collected from medical records in 25 hospitals. Blood glucose (fasting or casual), hemoglobin(A1c) , serum lipids, height/weight, clinical diabetic symptoms, and family history of diabetes were assessed. Patients were classified into normal, pre-diabetic or probable diabetic type based on their values of blood glucose or hemoglobin(A1c) , and various background character...
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Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, 2011
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Prevalence and Correlates of Diabetes in National Schizophrenia Samples
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European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2006
Background: Many reports indicate that the incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increased in schizophrenic patients and related to antipsychotic treatment. In an exploratory cross-sectional study we assessed the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in 266 chronic schizophrenic and schizoaffective inpatients and investigated whether the duration of antipsychotic treatment was related to the development of diabetes mellitus. Method: We measured the non-fasting plasma glucose level in 266 inpatients with DSM IV diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in 5 different long-stay wards in the Netherlands. Measured variables were: age, sex, ethnicity, BMI, current antipsychotic treatment, duration of illness and duration of antipsychotic treatment. Results: The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus was 9%, which is significantly higher than the prevalence of 4.9% in the general population (OR 1.89, CI 1.14-3.13; p b 0.014). The prevalence was increased in two age cohorts: 30-39 years (3.8% vs. 0.3%, OR = 13.29, CI = 2.17-81.36, p = b 0.005) and 40-49 years (9.3% vs. 1.5%, OR = 6.74, CI = 2.77-16.38, p = 0.000). No new cases of diabetes mellitus were detected during the course of the study. The increased prevalence was found to be related to overweight and obesity. The time of exposure to antipsychotic treatment was not significantly correlated with the prevalence of diabetes mellitus when adjusted for age ( F = 0.804, df = 1, p = 0.371, respectively, F = 0.194, df = 1, p = 0.660). Both typical and atypical antipsychotics contributed equally to the 0924-977X/$ -see front matter D European Neuropsychopharmacology (2006) 16, 187 -194 w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / e u r o n e u r o prevalence of diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: No significant relation between long-term antipsychotic treatment and prevalence of diabetes mellitus was found. The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in schizophrenic patients warrants screening of these patients already at young age for glucose disturbance.
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry
Because patients receiving antipsychotics are at increased risk for coronary heart disease, standards of care for such patients now include periodic glucose and lipid testing. The objective of this study was to examine rates of glucose and lipid monitoring among adult Medicaid patients initiated on antipsychotic therapy. California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) claims of 6601 patients identified as "new" antipsychotic users between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005 were analyzed. Rates of glucose and lipid testing were compared for 6 months prior to and post-initiation of antipsychotic therapy. Odds ratios (ORs) for testing associated with first-generation antipsychotic (FGA) and second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) use were determined while controlling for patient level factors. In a multivariate analysis, SGA patients were more likely than FGA patients to undergo glucose testing (OR, 1.38; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13 to 1.70; P < .01) and lipid testing (OR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1...