Clustering of chronic disease risks among people accessing community mental health services.

ABSTRACT: This study identified clusters of chronic disease risks and explored associations between clusters and demographic characteristics and mental health conditions, among people accessing community mental health services. Data from a cross-sectional telephone survey of Australian mental health consumers (n = 567) were analysed. Clusters were identified based on tobacco smoking (53.5%), harmful chronic alcohol consumption (20.1%), harmful acute alcohol consumption (43.5%), inadequate fruit and vegetable intake (66.0%), inadequate physical activity (75.5%), inadequate strength activity (81.8%), and high body mass index (BMI) (67.9%), using latent class analysis. Multinomial logistic regression examined associations between cluster membership and participant characteristics. Three groups were ide

SUBMITTER: Regan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256721 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature