Examining the feasibility of a peer-delivered healthy lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiovascular and cancer disease risk for people living with a severe mental illness.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Severe Mental Illness; Cardiovascular Disease; Cancer; Cancer - Any cancer; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease; Mental Health - Schizophrenia

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000564550
• Lead Sponsor: Schizophrenia Fellowship NSW

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

(i) registration as a consumer of Neami services; (ii) currently living with a severe mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder); (iii) age =18 years or older; (iv) identification of a health related goal.

Exclusion Criteria

(i) currently enrolled in a Neami face-to-face healthy lifestyle peer support intervention; (ii) enrolled in a Neami service that would preclude participation (e.g. homelessness services); (iii) hearing impairment sufficient to prohibit a telephone interview; (iv) acute suicidality; (v) pregnancy; and (vi) acquired brain injury.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of cigarettes/day as assessed by the Timeline Followback Method.[Baseline, 12-weeks and 16-weeks post commencement of intervention.]