Cardiovascular risk screening of patients with serious mental illness or use of antipsychotics in family practice

1,705 patients with serious mental illness (SMI) or using antipsychotics (AP) identified from 151,238 patients listed in 24 family practices in the Netherlands. Subgroups included SMI/AP without diabetes or CVD (n=1383), SMI/AP with diabetes mellitus (n=206), and SMI/AP with a history of cardiovascular disease (n=116).

Rate of patients who were screened for cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors over a 2-year period