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Preventing chronic disease in people with mental health problems : the HEALTH passport approach
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Anderson, Naomi, Sridharan, S., Megson, Matthew, Evans, A., Vallance, J., Singh, Swaran P., Shukla, R. and Patel, Vinod (2012) Preventing chronic disease in people with mental health problems : the HEALTH passport approach. The Psychiatrist, Volume 36 (Number 6). pp. 208-213. doi:10.1192/pb.bp.111.036533 ISSN 1758-3209.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.111.036533
Abstract
Aims and method The HEALTH Passport is a tool to help patients make lifestyle changes to reduce the future burden of chronic disease. This study assesses the potential of this behaviour change strategy in psychiatric patients. We introduced 50 psychiatric in-patients to the HEALTH Passport and asked them to complete a semi-qualitative questionnaire. Results were compared with those of 100 controls.
Results Psychiatric in-patients are exposed to almost twice as many modifiable risk factors of chronic disease compared with controls. Although psychiatric in-patients are less motivated to address their risk factors, the HEALTH Passport could almost halve the proportion of psychiatric patients at high risk of chronic disease.
Clinical implications The low level of health literacy among psychiatric patients must be addressed to reduce their risk exposure. Potentially, the HEALTH Passport provides a cost-effective tool for this purpose.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | The Psychiatrist | ||||
| Publisher: | Royal College of Psychiatrists | ||||
| ISSN: | 1758-3209 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 36 | ||||
| Number: | Number 6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 208-213 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1192/pb.bp.111.036533 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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