Impact of a nurse-led intervention to improve screening for cardiovascular risk factors in people with severe mental illnesses. Phase-two cluster randomised feasibility trial of community mental health teams

Table 5 Interventions provided during trial following detection of cardiovascular risk factors

	Intervention arm (n = 59)		Control arm (n = 57)		Chi square p value
High blood pressure¹	(n = 10)		(n = 9)
Re-measured	7	70%	7	78%	0.701
Diet advice	9	90%	9	100%	0.330
Exercise advice	8	80%	6	67%	0.510
Anti-hypertensive	7	70%	8	89%	0.313
Obesity¹	(n = 32)		(n = 34)
Re-measured	14	44%	19	44%	0.976
Diet advice	21	66%	23	68%	0.608
Exercise advice	21	66%	20	59%	0.569
Anti-hypertensive	6	19%	7	21%	0.851
Smoker¹	(n = 39)		(n = 37)
Advice	35	90%	32	87%	0.660
Referral to services	19	49%	18	49%	0.995
Nicotine replacement therapy	16	41%	19	51%	0.367
Dyslipidaemia¹	(n = 18)		(n = 15)
Re-measured	7	39%	5	33%	0.741
Diet advice	15	83%	12	80%	0.805
Exercise advice	10	56%	10	67%	0.515
Statin prescribed	7	39%	8	53%	0.670
Diabetes/raised glucose¹	(n = 8)		(n = 6)
Diet advice	7	88%	4	67%	0.347
Exercise advice	7	88%	2	33%	0.036
Oral Hypoglycaemic prescribed	5	63%	4	67%	0.872

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