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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 8/2019

Open Access 01-08-2019 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Review

A systematic review of interventions aimed at improving the cardiovascular health of people diagnosed with personality disorders

Authors: Katherine Hall, Kirsten Barnicot, Mike Crawford, Paul Moran

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 8/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

People with personality disorders have significantly reduced life expectancy and increased rates of cardiovascular disease compared to members of the general population. Given that more people die annually of cardiovascular disease across the globe than from any other cause, it is important to identify the evidence for interventions aimed at improving cardiovascular health among people with personality disorders.

Methods

Systematic literature review. PsycINFO, MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched using NICE Healthcare Databases, as well as CENTRAL and trial registries. We sought to identify randomised controlled trials of interventions pertaining to adults with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder, where the primary outcome measure was cardiovascular health before and after the intervention.

Results

A total of 1740 records were identified and screened by two independent reviewers. No papers meeting the inclusion criteria were identified.

Conclusions

This systematic review did not identify any randomised controlled trials testing interventions aimed at improving the cardiovascular health of people with personality disorders. Research in this area could have important public health implications, spanning the fields of psychiatry and general medicine.
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Footnotes
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The authors do note that the increased presentation to cardiology departments may be confounded by the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders in patients with BPD.
 
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Full search strategies for each database are available from the authors upon request.
 
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Metadata
Title
A systematic review of interventions aimed at improving the cardiovascular health of people diagnosed with personality disorders
Authors
Katherine Hall
Kirsten Barnicot
Mike Crawford
Paul Moran
Publication date
01-08-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01705-x

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