Interventions to Promote the Utilization of Physical Health Care for People with Severe Mental Illness: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The main contributor to excess mortality in severe mental illness (SMI) is poor physical health. Causes include unfavorable health behaviors among people with SMI, stigmatization phenomena, as well as limited access to and utilization of physical health care. Patient centered interventions to promote the utilization of and access to existing physical health care facilities may be a pragmatic and cost-effective approach to improve health equity in this vulnerable and often neglected patient population.

Objective/methods

In this study, we systematically reviewed the international literature on such studies (sources: literature databases, trial-registries, grey literature). Empirical studies (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods) of interventions to improve t

SUBMITTER: Strunz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9819522 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature