Amanda Baker|Frances Kay?Lambkin|Robyn Richmond|Sacha Filia|David Castle|Jill M. Williams|Terry J. Lewin
Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental disorders
University of Newcastle Australia|University of Newcastle Australia|UNSW Sydney|Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre|The Alfred Hospital|Monash University|St Vincent's Hospital|University of Melbourne|Johnson University|Hunter New England Local Health District
largest single cause death among people severe mental disorders cardiovascular disease cvd majority people schizophrenia bipolar disorder smoke many also overweight considerably increasing risk cvd treatment smoking health risk behaviours often prioritized among people severe mental disorders protocol describes study assess effectiveness healthy lifestyle intervention smoking cvd risk associated health behaviours among people severe mental disorders 250 smokers severe mental disorder recruited completion baseline assessment initial facetoface intervention session participants randomly assigned either multicomponent intervention smoking cessation cvd risk reduction telephonebased minimal intervention focusing smoking cessation randomisation stratified site newcastle sydney melbourne australia body mass index bmi category normal overweight obese type antipsychotic medication typical atypical participants receive 8 weekly 3 fortnightly 6 monthly sessions delivered face face typically 1 hour telephone typically 10 minutes assessments conducted research staff blind treatment allocation baseline 15 weeks 12 18 24 30 36months study provide comprehensive data effect healthy lifestyle intervention smoking cvd risk among people severe mental disorders shown effective intervention disseminated treating clinicians using treatment manuals australian new zealand clinical trials registry anzctr identifier actrn12609001039279