Publications by authors named "Matthew Faires"
Article Synopsis
- People with severe mental illnesses are less physically active, leading to a significant risk of early mortality, largely due to behaviors that can be changed, like exercise.
- A scoping review analyzed studies on physical activity in adult inpatient mental health services, revealing gaps in evidence about effective interventions and contextual factors.
- The review included 182 studies, finding that most intervention studies focused on mental health outcomes rather than physical activity, and called for higher-quality research in this area.
Background: Severe mental ill health (SMI) includes schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder and is associated with premature deaths when compared to people without SMI. Over 70% of those deaths are attributed to preventable health conditions, which have the potential to be positively affected by the adoption of healthy behaviours, such as physical activity. People with SMI are generally less active than those without and face unique barriers to being physically active.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Most of theevidence has focused on examining the influence of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity on mental health, but he role of light intensity physical activity (LIPA) is less understood. The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the relationship between time spent in LIPA and mental ill health across the lifespan.
Methods: Data were obtained from online databases (Medline, Embase, Scopus, PsychInfo and CINAHL).