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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2020

Effectiveness of a brief lifestyle intervention targeting mental health staff: analysis of physical fitness and activity in the Keeping Our Staff in Mind study.

Hamish Fibbins, Philip B Ward, Jackie Curtis, Andrew Watkins, Oscar Lederman, Rachel Morell, Simon Rosenbaum

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Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tackling change in mental health service delivery: A qualitative evaluation of a lifestyle program targeting mental health staff - Keeping our Staff in Mind (KoSiM).Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hamish FibbinsSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2673-7866
Philip B WardSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jackie CurtisSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew WatkinsKeeping the Body in Mind Program, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Oscar LedermanKeeping the Body in Mind Program, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rachel MorellSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Simon RosenbaumSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
UNSW Sydney · AUBlack Dog Institute · AULiverpool Hospital · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople with mental illness die on average 15 years less than the general population, primarily to cardiometabolic disease. Lifestyle interventions are effective in reducing cardiometabolic risk but are not routinely provided to mental health consumers. Lifestyle interventions targeting mental health staff may be beneficial in changing culture surrounding physical health and subsequently improving consumer outcomes. This study examines exercise and fitness outcomes of a targeted lifestyle intervention directed at Australian mental health staff.

methodsA pragmatic single-arm intervention study was conducted within an Australian public mental health service. Mental health staff were provided a five-session individualised lifestyle intervention (incorporating exercise and nutritional counselling) over 5 weeks. Two waves of the programme were delivered between 2015 and 2016. This paper examines the exercise and fitness outcomes of the second wave of the study. Participants were assessed at baseline and at a 16-week follow-up. The primary exercise outcome was a measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. Secondary outcomes included self-reported physical activity and a measurement of handgrip strength.

resultsA total of 106 staff participated in this component of the study. Cardiorespiratory fitness increased significantly from baseline to follow-up (p<0.001). Significant improvements to physical activity occurred with decreases in sedentary time (p<0.0005) and increases in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (p<0.005).

conclusionLifestyle interventions incorporating exercise counselling may improve the physical health of mental health staff. Such strategies may be effective in improving culture surrounding physical health and/or increasing the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions targeting mental health consumers.

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exerciseillnessmentalphysical activity

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