title: [Cardiovascular risk factors in users with severe mental disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the prevalence of the cardiovascular risk (RCV) in users with a Severe Mental Disorder (SMD) attended in mental health service in ParcTaulí (Sabadell - Barcelona).
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an observational, descriptive and transversal study of the factors of cardiovascular risk in 789 users with SMD. The instrument used was the scale of assessment of the Registre Gironí del Cor, which estimates the risk of cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  26.6% of the sample has RCV (22.5% moderate, 3.8% high and 0.3% very high). The analysis of the modifiable risk factors shows that 16.5% of the patients are hypertensive, 55.2% are smokers, 19.77% have hyperglycaemia (8.2% of whom are diagnosed of diabetes mellitus), 40.2% have obesity, 36.2% overweight and 47.27% hypercholesterolemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study confirms that the prevalence of the RVC in SMD users is greater than the RCV in general population and it's associated to the presence of modifiable risk factors. Health education carried out by nurses is the best to prevent the RCV in SMD users.
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: mpanos@tauli.cat.
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paños-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patró-Moncunill
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Ángel-María
authors.initials: ÁM
authors.lastname: Santiago-Barragán
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marti-Mestre
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torralbas-Ortega
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escayola-Maranges
authors.affiliation: Enfermeras/os, Salud Mental Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Granero-Lázaro
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia; D006973:Hypertension; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Enfermedades cardiovasculares; Enfermería; Mental disorders; Mental health; Nursing; Salud mental; Trastornos mentales