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Somatic Health Screening for Adults in Outpatient Psychiatric Care in Denmark (SomaScreen)
Sponsor: Amager Hospital
Summary
People with severe mental illness have a substantially increased risk of undiagnosed and insufficiently treated somatic disease. Somatic Screening in the Capital Region Mental Health Service in Denmark (SomaScreen) is a service-level intervention implemented in psychiatric outpatient clinics in the Capital Region of Denmark to improve the detection and follow-up of somatic disease among patients with psychotic and affective disorders. This study evaluates whether integrating structured somatic screening into mental health services leads to improved identification and management of somatic disease compared with care as usual. Using a quasi-experimental controlled design with a matched cohort, outcomes among patients exposed to the SomaScreen intervention are compared with those of patients receiving usual care in comparable psychiatric outpatient clinics outside the Capital Region.
Official title: Somatic Screening in the Capital Region Mental Health Service in Denmark (SomaScreen) - Study Protocol for a Quasi-experimental Controlled Intervention Study With a Matched Cohort
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
2800
Start Date
2024-09-01
Completion Date
2028-10-30
Last Updated
2026-04-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Somatic Health Screening for Adults in Outpatient Psychiatric Care in Denmark (SomaScreen)
SomaScreen is a structured somatic health screening program for adults in psychiatric outpatient care (F-ACT and OPUS clinics). Trained somatic nurses and general practitioner consultants systematically assess patients for cardiovascular disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, and cancer, and may detect other somatic conditions. Patients with identified conditions are referred to their own general practitioner for follow-up and management. The intervention is distinguished from usual care by its systematic, multi-condition screening and structured referral process.
Locations (1)
Amager Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark