Barriers, attitudes, confidence, and knowledge of nurses regarding metabolic health screening and intervention in people with mental illness: a pilot study from Uganda | Zendy

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Barriers, attitudes, confidence, and knowledge of nurses regarding metabolic health screening and intervention in people with mental illness: a pilot study from Uganda

Author(s) -

Davy Vancampfort,

Andrew Watkins,

Philip B. Ward,

Michel Probst,

Marc D. Binder,

Tine Van Damme,

James Mugisha

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

african health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391

H-Index - 44

eISSN - 1729-0503

pISSN - 1680-6905

DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v19i3.30

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , psychological intervention , workload , intervention (counseling) , mental illness , mental health , health promotion , family medicine , psychiatry , public health , nursing , computer science , operating system

People with mental illness are at an increased risk for developing cardio-metabolic disorders. Routine screening following pharmacotherapy is however unacceptably low in sub-Saharan African countries with less than 1% adequately screened. It is unknown whether this is due to a lack of adequate competences.

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