Health risk behaviours and health care needs among people with psychiatric illness Leas, L. and McCabe, M. 2004, Health risk behaviours and health care needs among people with psychiatric illness, in ICP 2004 : XXVIII International Congress of Psychology Abstracts, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, England, pp. 438-439. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Health risk behaviours and health care needs among people with psychiatric illness Author(s) Leas, L. McCabe, M. Conference name International Congress of Psychology (28th : 2004 : Beijing, China) Conference location Beijing, China Conference dates 8-13 Aug. 2004 Title of proceedings ICP 2004 : XXVIII International Congress of Psychology Abstracts Editor(s) Hernandez-Guzman, Laura Publication date 2004 Start page 438 End page 439 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, England Summary This paper presents findings from two studies. Study 1 explored differences between people with psychiatric illness (PPI) (N=144) and the general population (N=151) in levels of low-fat diet, exercise and smoking. Study 2 investigated barriers and health care needs of PPI (N=60). The prevalence of overweight, cigarette smoking and sedentary lifestyle were significantly greater among PPI than the general population. Major predictors were limited social support, knowledge of correct dietary principles, lower self-efficacy, psychiatric symptomatology and various psychotropic drugs. The findings demonstrated that PPI over-used medical services but under-used preventive services due to inaccessibility, lower satisfaction and knowledge of services. Notes Extract published in International Journal of Psychology, 39:5, 346 - 472, 2004. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category E3 Extract of paper Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30014154 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 14:19:17 EST Mon, 15 Nov 2010, 08:53:13 EST Mon, 15 Nov 2010, 08:53:45 EST Fri, 26 Nov 2010, 13:31:10 EST Tue, 21 Jan 2014, 09:03:37 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 338 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 14:19:16 EST

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