Trial reportThe Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2020
Effectiveness of embedding a specialist preventive care clinician in a community mental health service in increasing preventive care provision: A randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Effectiveness of referral to a population-level telephone coaching service for improving health risk behaviours in people with a mental health condition: a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- An economic evaluation of a specialist preventive care clinician in a community mental health service: a randomised controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2020Trial
- Increasing the capacity of community managed organisations to provide chronic disease preventive care to people with a mental health condition: protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Estimating Population-Based Need for Lifestyle Interventions Among Young Adults With Mental Disorders in Australia.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Italian Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Medical Doctor Residents' interest in a Preventive Medicine Physician: a national survey.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Risk prevalence, readiness and confidence to change lifestyle risk factors among clients of community mental health services.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Increasing chronic disease preventive care in community mental health services: clinician-generated strategies.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Evaluation of an implementation support package to increase community mental health clinicians' routine delivery of preventive care for multiple health behaviours: a non-randomised controlled trial.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Clustering of chronic disease risks among people accessing community mental health services.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Barriers to the Provision of Preventive Care to People Living with Mental Health Conditions: Self-Report by Staff Working in an Australian Community Managed Organisation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Effectiveness and Cost of an Intervention to Increase the Provision of Preventive Care in Community Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Preventive care practices to address health behaviours among people living with mental health conditions: A survey of Community Managed Organisations.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Uptake of a preventive care consultation offered to clients of a community mental health service.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveClinical practice guidelines recommend that community mental health services provide preventive care for clients' chronic disease risk behaviours; however, such care is often not routinely provided. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of offering clients an additional consultation with a specialist clinician embedded within a community mental health service, in increasing client-reported receipt of, and satisfaction with, preventive care.
methodA randomised controlled trial was undertaken in one Australian community mental health service. Participants (
resultsAnalyses indicated significantly greater increases in 12 of the 18 preventive care delivery outcomes in the intervention compared to the usual care condition from baseline to follow-up, including assessment for all risks combined (risk ratio = 4.00; 95% confidence interval = [1.57, 10.22]), advice for all applicable risks combined (risk ratio = 2.40; 95% confidence interval = [1.89, 6.47]) and offer of referral to applicable telephone services combined (risk ratio = 20.13; 95% confidence interval = [2.56, 158.04]). For each component of care, there was a significant intervention effect for at least one of the individual risk behaviours. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with preventive care received, ranging from 77% (assessment) to 87% (referral), with no significant differences between conditions.
conclusionThe intervention had a significant effect on the provision of the majority of recommended elements of preventive care. Further research is needed to maximise its impact, including identifying strategies to increase client uptake.
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