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Adults who are admitted to an inpatient setting with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia are offered interventions that promote both physical activity and healthy eating.
Poor diet and nutrition, weight gain, and a lack of physical activity in people with schizophrenia contribute to high rates of physical comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes and reduced life expectancy, particularly from cardiovascular disease. Offering people with schizophrenia interventions that promote both physical activity and healthy eating can help to improve their physical and mental health. Additionally, several of the medications used to treat schizophrenia may cause weight gain. This side effect should be mitigated as much as possible through encouragement of physical activity and healthy eating.
You should be offered services or programs that encourage you to exercise and eat in a healthy way. These steps can help improve your physical and mental health.
Offer people with schizophrenia combined interventions that promote physical activity and healthy eating.
Ensure that there are interventions available in hospitals that promote, in a combined manner, physical activity and healthy eating for people with schizophrenia.
Percentage of adults admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia who receive interventions that promote physical activity and/or healthy eating
Denominator: total number of adults admitted to an inpatient setting with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia
Numerator: number of people in the denominator who:
Receive interventions promoting physical activity
Receive interventions promoting healthy eating
Receive interventions promoting both physical activity and healthy eating
Data source: local data collection
Availability of programs for adults admitted to an inpatient setting with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia that promote healthy eating or physical activity
These behavioural interventions, offered in hospital, may follow a chronic illness self-management model or an informationbased approach. They provide information and support to increase levels of physical activity and healthy eating.
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