Increased cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness

• DOI: 10.1111/imj.12319
• Publication Date: 2013-11-07T12:24:11Z
• Authors: E. L. Gladigau; T. N. Fazio; J. P. Hannam; L. M. Dawson; S. G. Jones
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Psychotropic Drugs; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; Mental Disorders; Smoking; Blood Pressure; Middle Aged; Lipids; Community Mental Health Services; 3. Good health; Body Mass Index; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Ethnicity; Prevalence; Schizophrenia; Humans; Female; Obesity

People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a reduced life expectancy. A major cause of mortality is cardiovascular disease.The aims this study were to document the prevalence risk factors in people SMI engaged community psychiatric rehabilitation and compare rates general, Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) populations Australia.A cross-sectional audit was conducted on patients receiving care from Melbourne's Inner-West Area Mental Health Service. Profiles collected on: smoking status, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, diabetic status fasting lipid profiles. These compared general ATSI Australian populations.Complete data available for 60 patients. Most involuntary diagnosis schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Patients more likely smoke, be obese, dyslipidaemia metabolic syndrome Australia. diabetes than population but had similar population. hypertension less hypertensive population.Australians living very high factors, far excess comparable