Trial reportBMC psychiatry2014
Enhanced physical health screening for people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong: results from a one-year prospective case series study.
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- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Medical Staff Towards Metabolic Syndrome in Schizophrenia in Chinese Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Turkish Adaptation of the Health Improvement Profile for the Evaluation of Physical Well-Being of Individuals With Severe Mental Illness.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2024Article
- Validation of the Finnish Health Improvement Profile (HIP) with patients with severe mental illness.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Do mental health consumers want to improve their long-term disease risk behaviours? A survey of over 2000 psychiatric inpatients.International journal of mental health nursing · 2018Article
- Interventions to increase access to or uptake of physical health screening in people with severe mental illness: a realist review.BMJ open · 2018Review
- The phenomenon of co-morbid physical and mental illness in acute medical care: the lived experience of Australian health professionals.BMC research notes · 2015Article
- Health risks and changes in self-efficacy following community health screening of adults with serious mental illnesses.PloS one · 2015Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with severe mental illness have significantly poorer physical health compared to the general population; previous health screening studies conducted outside Asian countries have demonstrated the potential in addressing this issue. This case series aimed to explore the effects and utility of integrating an enhanced physical health screening programme for community dwelling patients with severe mental illness into routine clinical practice in Hong Kong.
methodThis study utilises a consecutive prospective case series design. The serious mental illness Health Improvement Profile (HIP) was used as a screening tool at baseline and repeated at 12 months follow-up.
resultsA total of 148 community-based patients with severe mental illness completed the study. At one year follow-up analysis showed a significant improvement in self-reported levels of exercise and a reduction in the numbers of patients prescribed medications for diabetes However, mean waist circumference increased at follow-up. In addition to the statistically significant results some general trends were observed, including: a lack of deterioration in most areas of cardiovascular risk; a reduction in medicines prescribed for physical health problems; and general improvements in health behaviours over the 12 month period.
conclusionsThe findings demonstrate that using the HIP is feasible and acceptable in Hong Kong. The results of the enhanced physical health-screening programme are promising, but require further testing using a randomised controlled trial design in order to more confidently attribute the improvements in well-being and health behaviours to the HIP.
trial registrationCLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN12582470.
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