Outcomes of a pilot feasibility study of comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger frail patients with severe mental illness

Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline (n = 14)

Variable	N	%
Demographic and clinical characteristics
Male	12	85.7
White/Caucasian	13	92.8
Australian born	13	92.8
ATSI descent	0	-
Unemployed	13	92.8
Primary diagnosis
Schizophrenia	1	7.1
Paranoid schizophrenia	7	50.0
Schizoaffective disorder	4	28.6
Bipolar affective disorder	2	14.3
Prescribed medications
Clozapine (mean dosage; mg)^a	8 (403.1)	57.1
Polypharmacy (≥ 5)^a	13	92.8
High polypharmacy (≥ 9)^a	11	78.6
Physical characteristics
Current smoking	4	28.6
Metabolic health
Normal weight^b	1	5.9
Pre-obesity (overweight)^b	5	29.4
Obesity^b	11	64.7
	M	SD
BMI	34.6	8.4
Waist circumference (cm)	120.4	15.0
Frailty Index at screening	0.35	0.08
Clinical assessments
Psychosis symptoms (PANSS total scale)	66.6	13.1
Physical component (SF-36)	55.6	26.1
Mental component (SF-36)	62.4	20.4
Global functioning (GAF total score)	47.8	6.1
Quality of life (AQOL-8D total score)	64.8	14.8
Physical activity (min; SIMPAQ)^c	184.6	217.9
Sedentary time (min; SIMPAQ)	588.6	256.3
Fruit & vegetable intake (portions; FACET)	4.4	2.4
Sleep (PSQI global score)	6.8	4.0

ATSI, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; BMI, Body Mass Index; SD, standard deviation; SF-36, Medical Outcomes Scale Short Form-36; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; SIMPAQ, Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire; FACET, Five-a-day Community Evaluation Tool; AQoL-8D, Assessment of Quality of Life
^a Other prescribed medications were: aripiprazole (2 participants), allopurinol (1 participant), amisulpride (1 participant), allopurinol (1 participant), brexpiprazole (1 participant), and sertraline (1 participant). Polypharmacy was defined as concurrent use of 5²⁵ and of 9 or more regular medications [26].
^b BMI was classified into groups based on World Health Organization classification of nutritional status.³⁷ Among the participants with Obesity, 4 had a BMI that corresponded with ‘Obesity class I’ (23.5%) category, 3 with BMI of ‘Obesity class II’ (17.6%), and 4 whose BMI corresponded with ‘Obesity class III’ category
^c Physical activity was assessed using moderate-to-vigorous physical activity domain of the SIMPAQ, which includes time spent walking and time spent exercising

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