Effectiveness of a brief lifestyle intervention targeting mental health staff: analysis of physical fitness and activity in the Keeping Our Staff in Mind study.

Fibbins, H; Ward, PB; Curtis, J; Watkins, A; Lederman, O; Morell, R; Rosenbaum, S

Effectiveness of a brief lifestyle intervention targeting mental health staff: analysis of physical fitness and activity in the Keeping Our Staff in Mind study.

Fibbins, H Ward, PB Curtis, J Watkins, A Lederman, O Morell, R Rosenbaum, S

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Citation:: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2020, 6, (1), pp. e000761
Issue Date:: 2020-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fibbins, H
dc.contributor.author	Ward, PB
dc.contributor.author	Curtis, J
dc.contributor.author	Watkins, A
dc.contributor.author	Lederman, O
dc.contributor.author	Morell, R
dc.contributor.author	Rosenbaum, S
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-15T03:29:55Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-17
dc.date.available	2021-06-15T03:29:55Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01
dc.identifier.citation	BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2020, 6, (1), pp. e000761
dc.identifier.issn	2055-7647
dc.identifier.issn	2055-7647
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/149517
dc.description.abstract	<h4>Background</h4>People with mental illness die on average 15 years less than the general population, primarily to cardiometabolic disease. Lifestyle interventions are effective in reducing cardiometabolic risk but are not routinely provided to mental health consumers. Lifestyle interventions targeting mental health staff may be beneficial in changing culture surrounding physical health and subsequently improving consumer outcomes. This study examines exercise and fitness outcomes of a targeted lifestyle intervention directed at Australian mental health staff.<h4>Methods</h4>A pragmatic single-arm intervention study was conducted within an Australian public mental health service. Mental health staff were provided a five-session individualised lifestyle intervention (incorporating exercise and nutritional counselling) over 5 weeks. Two waves of the programme were delivered between 2015 and 2016. This paper examines the exercise and fitness outcomes of the second wave of the study. Participants were assessed at baseline and at a 16-week follow-up. The primary exercise outcome was a measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. Secondary outcomes included self-reported physical activity and a measurement of handgrip strength.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 106 staff participated in this component of the study. Cardiorespiratory fitness increased significantly from baseline to follow-up (p<0.001). Significant improvements to physical activity occurred with decreases in sedentary time (p<0.0005) and increases in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (p<0.005).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Lifestyle interventions incorporating exercise counselling may improve the physical health of mental health staff. Such strategies may be effective in improving culture surrounding physical health and/or increasing the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions targeting mental health consumers.
dc.format	Electronic-eCollection
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	BMJ
dc.relation.ispartof	BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000761
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
dc.title	Effectiveness of a brief lifestyle intervention targeting mental health staff: analysis of physical fitness and activity in the Keeping Our Staff in Mind study.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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dc.date.updated	2021-06-15T03:29:52Z
pubs.issue	1
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pubs.volume	6
utslib.citation.issue	1

Abstract:

Background

People with mental illness die on average 15 years less than the general population, primarily to cardiometabolic disease. Lifestyle interventions are effective in reducing cardiometabolic risk but are not routinely provided to mental health consumers. Lifestyle interventions targeting mental health staff may be beneficial in changing culture surrounding physical health and subsequently improving consumer outcomes. This study examines exercise and fitness outcomes of a targeted lifestyle intervention directed at Australian mental health staff.

Methods

A pragmatic single-arm intervention study was conducted within an Australian public mental health service. Mental health staff were provided a five-session individualised lifestyle intervention (incorporating exercise and nutritional counselling) over 5 weeks. Two waves of the programme were delivered between 2015 and 2016. This paper examines the exercise and fitness outcomes of the second wave of the study. Participants were assessed at baseline and at a 16-week follow-up. The primary exercise outcome was a measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. Secondary outcomes included self-reported physical activity and a measurement of handgrip strength.

Results

A total of 106 staff participated in this component of the study. Cardiorespiratory fitness increased significantly from baseline to follow-up (p<0.001). Significant improvements to physical activity occurred with decreases in sedentary time (p<0.0005) and increases in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (p<0.005).

Conclusion

Lifestyle interventions incorporating exercise counselling may improve the physical health of mental health staff. Such strategies may be effective in improving culture surrounding physical health and/or increasing the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions targeting mental health consumers.

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