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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Improving cardiovascular health and quality of life in people with severe mental illness: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
Author: | Battersby, M. Kidd, M.R. Licinio, J. Aylward, P. Baker, A. Ratcliffe, J. Quinn, S. Castle, D.J. Zabeen, S. Fairweather-Schmidt, A.K. Lawn, S. |
Citation: | Trials, 2018; 19(1):366-1-366-10 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 1745-6215 1745-6215 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Malcolm Battersby, Michael R. Kidd, Julio Licinio, Philip Aylward, Amanda Baker, Julie Ratcliffe, Stephen Quinn, David J. Castle, Sara Zabeen, A. Kate Fairweather-Schmidt, and Sharon Lawn |
Abstract: | Background: The estimated 300,000 adults in Australia with severe mental illness (SMI) have markedly reduced life expectancy compared to the general population, mainly due to physical health comorbidities. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the commonest cause of early death and people with SMI have high rates of most modifiable risk factors, with associated quality of life (QoL) reduction. High blood pressure, smoking, dyslipidaemia, diabetes and obesity are major modifiable CVD risk factors. Poor delivery of recommended monitoring and risk reduction is a national and international problem. Therefore, effective preventive interventions to safeguard and support physical health are urgently needed in this population. Methods: This trial used a rigorous process, including extensive piloting, to develop an intervention that delivers recommended physical health care to reduce CVD risk and improve QoL for people with SMI. Components of this intervention are integrated using the Flinders Program of chronic condition management (CCM) which is a comprehensive psychosocial care planning approach that places the patient at the centre of their care, and focuses on building their self-management capacity within a collaborative approach, therefore providing a recovery-oriented framework. The primary project aim is to evaluate the effectiveness and health economics of the CCM intervention. The main outcome measures examine CVD risk and quality of life. The second aim is to identify essential components, enablers and barriers at patient, clinical and organisational levels for national, sustained implementation of recommended physical health care delivery to people with SMI. Participants will be recruited from a community-based public psychiatric service. Discussion: This study constitutes the first large-scale trial, worldwide, using the Flinders Program with this population. By combining a standardised yet flexible motivational process with a targeted set of evidence-based interventions, the chief aim is to reduce CVD risk by 20%. If achieved, this will be a ground-breaking outcome, and the program will be subsequently translated nationwide and abroad. The trial will be of great interest to people with mental illness, family carers, mental health services, governments and primary care providers because the Flinders Program can be delivered in diverse settings by any clinical discipline and supervised peers. |
Keywords: | Flinders program; chronic condition self-management; chronic care model; cardiovascular disease; mental illness; health intervention; randomised controlled trial |
Rights: | © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
DOI: | 10.1186/s13063-018-2748-7 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1121334 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2748-7 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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