title: Telephone-delivered physical activity intervention for individuals with serious mental illness: a feasibility study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity is prevalent in individuals with serious mental illness (SMI).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of a telephone-delivered physical activity (PA) intervention for outpatients with serious mental illness to maintain PA and to explore the preliminary efficacy of the intervention on health status.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used a randomized experimental design. The treatment group received pedometers and eight weekly phone calls; the control group received written information regarding PA. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data collected at baseline and 8 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two subjects with SMI (mean age = 44.09 ± 7.6 years; 54.5% were male) were recruited and 16 subjects completed the study in 8 weeks. PA (z = -2.37, p = .02) increased in the treatment group (n = 8) whereas the control group (n = 8) maintained baseline PA level (z = -1.61, p = .11). Health outcomes were not changed (ps > .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Telephone-delivered intervention is feasible and has the potential to improve PA in individuals with SMI.
authors.affiliation: Heeyoung Lee, PhD, PMHNP-BC, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA leehee@pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Heeyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Irene Kane, PhD, RN, CNAA, HFI, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.affiliation: Jaspreet Brar, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jaspreet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brar
authors.affiliation: Susan Sereika, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sereika
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D009042:Motivation; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D016138:Walking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: obesity; physical activity; serious mental illness