Articles by author - Chris Bushe

Weight Gain Risk Factor assessment checklist: overview and recommendation for use.

Treuer T, Pendlebury J, Lockman H, Bushe C, Karagianis J, Raskin J, Lipkovich I.

Evaluation Studies 2011; 32(2): 199-205 PubMed PMID: 21552187  Keywords:  Antipsychotic Agents:adverse effects, Feeding Behavior:psychology, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Mental Disorders:drug therapy, Motor Activity:physiology, Obesity:epidemiology, Outcome Assessment (Health Care):methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk F.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Patients with mental illness are at risk for weight gain. Evidence-based risk assessment checklists have the potential to iden.....

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