Abstract
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The current study examined the impact of sedentary behaviour (SB) on quality of life (QoL) in people with psychotic disorders. Thirty-six Ugandan women (mean age = 33.9 ± 8.0 years) and 23 men (37.4 ± 11.8 years) with a DSM 5 diagnosis of psychosis completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief version and Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ). Medication use, physical co-morbidities, weight, height, blood pressure and smoking habits were recorded. Multiple regression analyses were undertaken. Variability in SIMPAQ sedentary and walking scores explained 56% of the variability in psychological QoL, while variability in SIMPAQ walking explained 46% of the variability in physical QoL. Health care professionals should not only consider increasing physical activity but also reducing SB to improve QoL in their patients.
Subjects
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Exercise • Physical activity • Psychosis • Quality of life • Sedentary • Adult • Developing Countries/statistics & numerical data • Exercise • Female • Humans • Male • Psychotic Disorders/epidemiology • Quality of Life/psychology • Sedentary Behavior • Surveys and Questionnaires • Uganda/epidemiology • Walking • Quality of life • Health care • Psychosis • DSM-5 • Sedentary behavior • Low income • Physical activity • Medicine • Gerontology • Blood pressure