Health risks among people with severe mental illness in psychiatric outpatient settings

Funding: the regional Council for Medical Health Care Research, County of Halland, Sweden and the regional Council for Medical Health Care Research, County of Kronoberg, Sweden.
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.

Ivarsson, Andreas,1984-Högskolan i Halmstad,Hälsa och idrott(Swepub:hh)andiva (author)
Carlsson, Ing-Marie,1961-Högskolan i Halmstad,Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI)(Swepub:hh)ingkar (author)
Sandgren, Anna,1970-Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV),Ctr Collaborat Palliat Care,Linnaeus University, Center for Collaborative Palliative Care , Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Växjö, Sweden(Swepub:lnu)asaivosa (author)
Jormfeldt, Henrika,1966-Högskolan i Halmstad,Hälsa och omvårdnad(Swepub:hh)henjor (author)
Högskolan i HalmstadHälsa och omvårdnad (creator_code:org_t)

In:Issues in Mental Health NursingPhiladelphia : Taylor & Francis39:7, s. 585-5910161-28401096-4673

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