Health screening, cardiometabolic disease and adverse health outcomes in individuals with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor physical health in severe mental illness (SMI) remains a major issue for clinical practice.

Aims

To use electronic health records of routinely collected clinical data to determine levels of screening for cardiometabolic disease and adverse health outcomes in a large sample (n = 7718) of patients with SMI, predominantly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Method

We linked data from the Glasgow Psychosis Clinical Information System (PsyCIS) to morbidity records, routine blood results and prescribing data.

Results

There was no record of routine blood monitoring during the preceding 2 years for 16.9% of the cohort. However, monitoring was poorer for male patients, younger patients aged 16-44, those with schizophrenia, and for tests of cholesterol, t

SUBMITTER: Pearsall R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6854356 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature