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Trial reportCommunity mental health journal2019

Losing to Gain: The Effects of a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention on the Physical and Psychosocial Well-being of Clients in a Community-based Mental Health Setting.

Brandy M Mechling, Tamatha Arms

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Trial report in Community mental health journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brandy M MechlingCollege of Health and Human Services, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, McNeill Hall 601 S. College Road, 28403, Wilmington, NC, US. mechlingb@uncw.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6978-9201
Tamatha ArmsCollege of Health and Human Services, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, McNeill Hall 601 S. College Road, 28403, Wilmington, NC, US.
University of North Carolina Wilmington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) encounter both poorer physical health and psychosocial well-being in comparison to the general population. Obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes can result from the symptoms of mental illness, the side effects from psychotropic medications, as well as disparities associated with being mentally ill. Mental health nurses are in a prime position to implement healthy lifestyle interventions (HLIs). This study tested a HLI (physical exercise and nutrition) and examined the effects on physical and psychosocial outcomes in clients obtaining mental health services at a community-based facility. Key findings included a decrease in anxiety and depressive symptoms at 3 months and consistent improvement in self-efficacy for exercise in the intervention group. Bridges and barriers to achieving optimal results in physical and psychosocial well-being were identified. Findings from this study offer insight into designing and executing more effective HLIs with individuals who have SPMI.

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Health StatusMental HealthAdultCommunity Mental Health ServicesExerciseFemaleGhrelinHealth PromotionHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedRisk Reduction BehaviorSelf EfficacySurveys and QuestionnairesGhrelin

Identifiers

PMID30701375
OpenAlexW4239546684

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