title: A Preliminary Analysis of Individuals With Serious Mental Illness and Comorbid Diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand factors related to managing illness in older individuals with serious mental illness (SMI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Baseline data from 200 individuals with SMI and diabetes enrolled in a study were used to compare characteristics between older (age >55) vs. younger (age ≤55) individuals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Older individuals had better diabetes control compared to younger individuals, those with major depressive disorder had diabetes for a longer duration, worse diabetic control, and more emergency department encounters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Helping younger individuals with SMI learn to manage their mental and physical health early-on might minimize the negative and cumulative effect of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, Neurology and Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: martha.sajatovic@uhhospitals.org.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sajatovic
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gunzler
authors.affiliation: Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University and Center for Health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Einstadter
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Adam T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Perzynski
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanuch
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Kristin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Cassidy
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blixen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged