Chun-Ping Lin
Department of Nursing, Taipei City Hospital Songde Branch , Taipei City, Taiwan
Title: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among patients with Chronic schizophrenia in Taiwan
Biography
Biography: Chun-Ping Lin
Abstract
To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia. Method: this cross sectional study adopted a convenience sampling approach and recruited 260 chronic schizophrenia patients from a psychiatric hospital in Northern Taiwan. National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP IIIA) diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome.