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Journal article
Physical health and health behaviours of Australians with psychosis
Community mental health journal, Vol.61(4), pp.797-808
01/05/2025
PMCID: PMC11968500
PMID: 39976847
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Abstract
People living with psychosis live up to 20 years less compared to the general population. Cardiometabolic ill-health and barriers to health-related behaviour are significant contributors. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of cardiometabolic health and health behaviours of consumers attending a public community mental health service in an Australian city. One hundred and fourteen consumers currently living with psychosis participated. Standard measures of cardiometabolic health, quality of life and, health-related behaviours were utilised. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The cohort reported higher fruit intake and physical activity, and lower excess alcohol use compared to previous studies. Health-related behaviours including smoking and vegetable intake were poorer than previously reported. Participants had low levels of cardiometabolic health (e.g. abnormal lipids). Physical and mental quality of life was also lower than for general populations. Improved efforts to address physical health for people with mental health conditions are urgently needed.
Details
- Title
- Physical health and health behaviours of Australians with psychosis
- Creators
- Brenda Happell - Southern Cross UniversityChris Platania-Phung - Southern Cross UniversityTrentham Furness - Forensicare (Australia, Melbourne)Brett Scholz - Australian National UniversityTheo Niyonsenga - University of CanberraAndrew Watkins - Mindgardens Neuroscience NetworkJackie Curtis - Mindgardens Neuroscience NetworkZijian Wang - Australian National UniversitySupriya Khanijou - Deakin UniversityRobert Stanton - Central Queensland University
- Publication Details
- Community mental health journal, Vol.61(4), pp.797-808
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Grant note
- This study was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council project grant. Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions.
- Identifiers
- 991013261010502368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2024 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article