Abstract
Obesity has continued to increase over the years with increase in morbidity and mortality. The advancement of psychiatric treatment has resulted in a higher prevalence of obesity among the psychiatric population related to the side-effects of the newer atypical anti-psychotics. This study address nurses' attitude towards obesity and people who are obese, focusing on psychiatric patients. Negative attitudes and low knowledge about psychiatric patients on atypical anti-psychotics can interfere with psychiatric nurses' therapeutic potential to support patients with health promotion behaviors. The purpose of this study is to develop an instrument to measure the knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported behavior of psychiatric nurses towards the mentally ill obese patient. The secondary purpose is to determine if psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors are different when the patient is obese versus normal weight.
Sigma Membership
Epsilon Kappa
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Obese Patients, Obese Psychiatric Patients, Nurse Biases
Advisor
Veronica D. Feeg
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Molloy College
Degree Year
2015
Recommended Citation
Williams-Hailey, Marcia D., "The knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported behaviors of psychiatric nurses towards obese psychiatric patients on atypical anti-psychotropic medications" (2020). Dissertations. 1457.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1457
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-05-06
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10009354; ProQuest document ID: 1823245361. The author still retains copyright.