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- Blomqvist, Marjut, 1966-, et al.
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Health risks among people with severe mental illness in psychiatric outpatient settings
- 2018
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Ingår i: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. - Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis. - 0161-2840 .- 1096-4673. ; 39:7, s. 585-591
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 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.
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- Blomqvist, Marjut, 1966-, et al.
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Health effects of an individualized lifestyle intervention for people with psychotic disorders in psychiatric outpatient services : a two year follow-up
- 2019
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Ingår i: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. - Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis. - 0161-2840 .- 1096-4673. ; 40:10, s. 839-850
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 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.
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- Blomqvist, Marjut, 1966-, et al.
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Enabling healthy living : Experiences of people with severe mental illness in psychiatric outpatient services
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. - Richmond, VIC : Wiley-Blackwell. - 1445-8330 .- 1447-0349. ; 27:1, s. 236-246
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is well known that people with severe mental illness have a reduced life expectancy and a greater risk of being affected by preventable physical illnesses such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. There are still, however, only a few published studies focusing on what enables healthy living for this group. This study thus aimed to describe what enables healthy living among people with severe mental illness in psychiatric outpatient services. The data were collected in qualitative interviews (n=16) and content analysis was used to analyze the data. The interviews resulted in an overall theme Being regarded as a whole human being by self and others, which showed the multidimensional nature of health and the issues that enable healthy living among people with severe mental illness. Three categories emerged: (i) everyday structure (ii), motivating life events and (iii) support from significant others. The results indicate that a person with severe mental illness needs to be encountered as a whole person if healthy living is to be enabled. Attaining healthy living requires collaboration between the providers of care, help and support. Health care organizations need to work together to develop and provide interventions to enable healthy living and to reduce poor physical health among people with severe mental illness.
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