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Central obesity is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome, but taking waist circumference measurements can be uncomfortable for psychiatric inpatient clinicians and consumers, and if often avoided. The objective of this study was to assess whether metabolic syndrome in people with mental illness can be diagnosed without using waist circumference measurements. This study involved a retrospective file...
Background People with severe mental illness have poorer physical health, experience disparities in physical health care, and lead significantly shorter lives, compared to the general population. Routine metabolic monitoring is proposed as a method of identifying risk factors for metabolic abnormalities. Efforts to date suggest routine metabolic monitoring is both incomplete and ad-hoc, however. This...
Aims and objectivesTo explore nurses’ views on the role of nurses in screening and monitoring for physical care of consumers with serious mental illness, at a regional mental health care service.
BackgroundPeople with serious mental illness experience heightened incidence of preventable and treatable physical illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Screening and monitoring are considered...
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