Cost-effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention for people with a serious mental illness (SMILE): design of a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of the estimated 11–25 years reduced life expectancy for persons with serious mental illness (SMI). This excess cardiovascular mortality is primarily attributable to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia. Obesity is associa...

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Main Authors: Florine S. Walburg, Berno van Meijel, Maurits W. van Tulder, Marcel C. Adriaanse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2132-5