TY - JOUR
AU - I. Ngune
AU - D. Wynaden
AU - K. Heslop
A1 - 
AB - Primary care is crucial to the health of people with mental illness. However, there is limited information on their reported engagement in this setting. This study surveyed 100 people with mental illness who had a general practitioner or a general practitioner and a case manager from a tertiary mental health service to determine their engagement level with their GP and what interventions they received to manage their health. Forty-four per cent had their psychotropic medications primarily prescribed by their GP, and 58% reported visiting their GP for physical health problems. Ninety-four point nine percent of participants aged 50 years and over had not received government age-recommended preventive health checks. Only 62% of participants reported being screened by their GP for psychotropic side effects. Primary care plays a crucial role in providing physical and mental health care, but service users report gaps in service. The findings suggest a need to support primary care professionals further to coordinate care across primary and secondary care settings.
AD - School of Nursing & Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia.; Curtin School of Nursing, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia.
AN - 38478474
BT - Issues Ment Health Nurs
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 4
DA - Apr
DO - 10.1080/01612840.2024.2312180
DP - NLM
ET - 20240313
IS - 4
JF - Issues Ment Health Nurs
LA - eng
N2 - Primary care is crucial to the health of people with mental illness. However, there is limited information on their reported engagement in this setting. This study surveyed 100 people with mental illness who had a general practitioner or a general practitioner and a case manager from a tertiary mental health service to determine their engagement level with their GP and what interventions they received to manage their health. Forty-four per cent had their psychotropic medications primarily prescribed by their GP, and 58% reported visiting their GP for physical health problems. Ninety-four point nine percent of participants aged 50 years and over had not received government age-recommended preventive health checks. Only 62% of participants reported being screened by their GP for psychotropic side effects. Primary care plays a crucial role in providing physical and mental health care, but service users report gaps in service. The findings suggest a need to support primary care professionals further to coordinate care across primary and secondary care settings.
PY - 2024
SN - 0161-2840
SP - 429
EP - 435+
ST - Physical Health of People with Mental Illness: A Snapshot of Consumer Engagement in the Provision of Care in Primary Care
T1 - Physical Health of People with Mental Illness: A Snapshot of Consumer Engagement in the Provision of Care in Primary Care
T2 - Issues Ment Health Nurs
TI - Physical Health of People with Mental Illness: A Snapshot of Consumer Engagement in the Provision of Care in Primary Care
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U3 - 10.1080/01612840.2024.2312180
VL - 45
VO - 0161-2840
Y1 - 2024
ER -