Systematic review of interventions to increase the provision of care for chronic disease risk behaviours in mental health settings: review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with a mental illness experience a higher morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases relative to the general population. A higher prevalence of risk behaviours, including tobacco smoking, poor nutrition, harmful alcohol consumption and physical inactivity, is a substantial contributor to this health inequity. Clinical practice guidelines recommend that mental health services routinely provide care to their clients to address these risk behaviours. Such care may include the following elements: ask, assess, advise, assist and arrange (the '5As'), which has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing risk behaviours. Despite this potential, the provision of such care is reported to be low internationally and in Australia, and there is a need to identify effectiv

SUBMITTER: Fehily C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928577 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature