Assessing the physical healthcare gap among patients with severe mental illness: large real-world investigation from Italy

ABSTRACT:

Background

One critical barrier to the uptake of mental health programmes is the so-called physical healthcare gap, a concern raised by the unattended physical comorbidity and early mortality of persons with severe mental illness.

Aims

To evaluate the extension of physical healthcare gap among persons with severe mental illness under chronic drug therapies.

Method

A population-based cohort study was carried out, using Lombardy healthcare utilisation databases. Prevalent patients treated with blood pressure-, lipid- or glucose-lowering agents were identified in January 2017. Among these, those who were receiving care for depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or personality disorder formed the study cohort. A reference cohort was randomly selected from preval

SUBMITTER: Corrao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature