Access, inequalities and annual health checks (AHCs) for adults living with severe mental illness in the UK: a mixed-methods systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at a significantly higher risk of mortality. This mixed-methods systematic review identifies and explores factors, including access inequalities to annual health checks (AHCs), for people living with SMI sharing protected characteristics in the UK, as identified in Core20PLUS5.

Design

Mixed-methods systematic review.

Data sources

MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ASSIA, Google Scholar and the grey literature were searched from 1 January 2004 to 30 January 2025.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria were adults >18 years of age living with SMI. We included studies of AHCs, short health screening interventions, health promotion interventions, considering or aiming to improve uptake and/or acces

SUBMITTER: Owens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12323543 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature