Risk prevalence, readiness and confidence to change lifestyle risk factors among clients of community mental health services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

People with mental health conditions have high rates of chronic physical diseases, partially attributable to lifestyle risks factors. This study examined risk prevalence among community mental health service clients, their readiness and confidence to change, and associations with participant characteristics.

Methods

Cross-sectional survey of adult clients from 12 community mental health services across 3 local health districts in New South Wales, Australia, collected from 2021 to 2022. Participants (n = 486) completed a telephone interview determining five risk factors, and readiness and confidence to change these. Multiple binary logistic regression models determined associations between readiness and confidence (for each risk), and participant characterist

SUBMITTER: Stettaford T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308284 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature