Knowledge about risk factors for cancer and cancer risk behavior among patients with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine knowledge about, perception of and current risk factors for cancer, among patients with severe mental illness (SMI) and to compare these variables with patients without SMI.

Methods

A series of patients affected by SMI (i.e., schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorders and severe personality disorders) and a matched (gender, age) control group of primary care attenders were assessed, by using an ad hoc semi-structured interview and a short true/false 17-item questionnaire, about family history of cancer, cancer risk-related lifestyles, personal perception and knowledge of risk for cancer.

Results

Patients with SMI (n = 185, mainly schizophrenia spectrum disorders, 48%, and mood disorders, 33%) significantly differed from primary care atten

SUBMITTER: Grassi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291283 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature