Change in psychiatrists’ attitudes towards the physical health care of patients with schizophrenia coinciding with the dissemination of the consensus on physical health in patients with schizophrenia

Abstract

These results imply that the dissemination of the "Consensus on Physical Health in Schizophrenia Patients", and possibly other actions, has made psychiatrists more aware of an integral approach to patients with schizophrenia, promoting increased monitoring of the physical health of these patients.

Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. II. Barriers to care, monitoring and treatment guidelines, plus recommendations at the system and individual level

“…Two consensus conferences have called on mental health care providers to take responsibility for the physical health of their patients 7,8. However, despite data suggesting that the sensitization of psychiatrists to expand their tasks to include assessments of both mental and physical health in SMI patients can be improved by consensus guidelines 9, many psychiatrists still consider their primary or, even, sole function to provide clinical care in terms of psychiatric symptom control and are reluctant to monitor physical health 6.…”

Selection, Use and Psychometric Properties of Physical Activity Measures to Assess Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: A Narrative Synthesis

“…19 studies utilised SRQs Archie et al, 2007Arbour, Faulkner, & Cohn, 2010;Brown, Birtwistle, Roe, & Thompson, 1999, Brown, Goetz, Van Sciver, Sullivan, & Hamera, 2006Dubbert et al, 2006;Ellingrod et al, 2011;Elmslie, Mann, Silverstone, Williams, & Romans, 2001;Faulkner et al, 2006;Lassenigus, kerlind, Wiklund-Gustin, Arman, & Söderlund, 2013;Lindamer et al, 2008;McLeod, Jaques, & Deane, 2009;Osborn, Nazareth, & King, 2007;Ratliff et al, 2012;Ussher, 2003;Ussher, Doshi, Sampuran, & West, 2011;Van Citters et al, 2010;Vancampfort, Probst, Knapen, Carraro, & De Hert, 2012. Excluded studies (with reason) 55 did not use an outcome measure that provided an assessment of the three fundamental domains of physical activity Acil, Dogan, & Dogan, 2008;Adams, 1995;Aquila, 2000;Archie, Wilson, Osborne, Hobbs, & McNiven, 2003;Ball, Coons, & Buchanan, 2001;Barton, Griffin, & Pretty, 2012;Beebe et al, 2005;Bobes et al, 2010a,b, Bobes, Arango, Garcia-Garcia, & Rejas, 2010bBrill et al, 2007;Brunero & Lamont, 2010;Buhagiar, Parsonage, & Osborn, 2011;Centorrino et al, 2006;Charmove, 1986;Chuang, Mansell, & Pattern, 2008;Crone et al, 2004;Daumit et al, 2005;Davidson et al, 1999Davidson et al, , 2001…”

Health for smokers with schizophrenia – a struggle to maintain a dignified life

“…Previous studies show that the comorbidity for physical diseases is higher among people with schizophrenia [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Buhagiar et al [33] report that people with severe mental illness are not entirely aware of the risks of developing physical diseases.…”

“…People with schizophrenia have a high comorbidity for these diseases [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] as well as a higher prevalence of smoking compared with the general population [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]11,12] -between 54 and 70% [2,5,6,8,10,13], compared to 14% in the Swedish population [14]. Roick et al [15] showed that people with schizophrenia have a less healthy lifestyle when it comes to diet, exercise and smoking than the general population.…”