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| Title |
Very low rates of screening for metabolic syndrome among patients with severe mental illness in Durban, South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12888-014-0228-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shamima Saloojee, Jonathan K Burns, Ayesha A Motala |
| Abstract |
Sub Saharan African is experiencing the largest increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease globally. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors for these conditions. There is a consistently higher prevalence of cardiometabolic disease among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) compared to the general population worldwide. However, it is known from research in high income countries that screening for MetS in patients with SMI is low. The objective of this study was to document the extent of the expected low frequency of testing for all the components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with SMI in a low middle income country. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 169 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 168 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 9% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 41 | 24% |
| Unknown | 48 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 9 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 25 | 15% |
| Unknown | 58 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 November 2018.
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#8,371,230
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Outputs from BMC Psychiatry
#2,937
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#76,603
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychiatry
#33
of 78 outputs
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