Health Risks among People with Severe Mental Illness in Psychiatric Outpatient Settings.
Marjut BlomqvistAndreas IvarssonIng-Marie CarlssonAnna SandgrenHenrika JormfeldtPublished in: Issues in mental health nursing (2018)
Life expectancy is greatly reduced in patients with schizophrenia, and cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of mortality. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and to investigate the relationships between self-rated health, sense of coherence, CVD risk, and body mass index (BMI) among people with severe mental illness (SMI) in psychiatric outpatient settings. Nearly 50% of the participants were exposed to moderate/high risk of CVD and over 50% were obese. The results showed no statistically relationships between the subjective and objective measures (Bayes factor <1) of health. The integration of physical health into clinical psychiatric nursing practice is vital.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- mental illness
- cardiovascular disease
- body mass index
- healthcare
- weight loss
- weight gain
- type diabetes
- public health
- metabolic syndrome
- risk factors
- physical activity
- adipose tissue
- cardiovascular events
- early onset
- primary care
- bariatric surgery
- cardiovascular risk factors
- quality improvement
- coronary artery disease