title: Association Between Cardiovascular Risk and Depressive Symptoms Among People With Serious Mental Illness.
abstract: Depressive symptoms have debilitating effects on the physical health and functioning of people with serious mental illness. We examined change in depressive symptoms among overweight and obese adults with serious mental illness (n = 343) using data combined from two randomized trials comparing the 12-month In SHAPE program to a gym membership control condition. In SHAPE consists of a gym membership, weekly individual meetings with a fitness trainer, and instruction on healthy eating and nutrition. Depressive symptoms were measured at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change in depressive symptoms did not differ between groups, but depressive symptoms decreased over time across the entire sample (p = 0.045). At 12 months, reduced depressive symptoms were associated with clinically significant improved cardiorespiratory fitness (p = 0.030), 10% or more weight loss (p = 0.044), and cardiovascular risk reduction (p = 0.028) across both groups. Our findings suggest that participation in health promotion programs resulting in cardiovascular risk reduction may be associated with reduced depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: *The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College; †Health Promotion Research Center at Dartmouth; Departments of ‡Psychiatry, §Biomedical Data Science, and ∥Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; ¶Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH; and #Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Naslund
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Aschbrenner
authors.forename: Sarah I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lohman
authors.forename: Emily A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: McHugo
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Marsch
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Unützer
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bartels
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss