Health Effects of an Individualized Lifestyle Intervention for People with Psychotic Disorders in Psychiatric Outpatient Services: A Two Year Follow-up.
Marjut BlomqvistAndreas IvarssonIng-Marie CarlssonAnna SandgrenHenrika JormfeldtPublished in: Issues in mental health nursing (2019)
People with psychotic disorders experience to a great extent avoidable physical illnesses and early mortality. The aim of the study was to investigate the potential effects for this group of participating in a lifestyle intervention. A multi-component nurse-led lifestyle intervention using quasi-experimental design was performed. Changes in biomedical and clinical measurements, self-reported health, symptoms of illness and health behavior were investigated. Multilevel modeling was used to statistically test differences in changes over time. Statistically significant changes were found in physical activity, HbA1c and waist circumference. A lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness can be beneficial for increasing physical activity.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- mental illness
- body mass index
- healthcare
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- cardiovascular disease
- public health
- primary care
- bipolar disorder
- health information
- human health
- early onset
- risk factors
- social media
- depressive symptoms
- type diabetes
- affordable care act