Table 5.

Serious mental illness characteristics associated with beta blocker and ACEI/ARB prescribing among patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure

Beta blockers if recorded with CHD or HF (n = 3347)ACEI/ARB if recorded with CHD or HF (n = 3760)
n (%)Unadjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted for sociodemographics ORa (95% CI)Additionally adjusted for consultation rate ORb(95% CI)n (%)Unadjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted for sociodemographics ORa (95% CI)Additionally adjusted for consultation rate ORb (95% CI)
Non-SMI3279 (68.3)1.001.001.003677 (76.6)1.001.001.00
SMI overall68 (52.7)0.52 (0.36 to 0.73)e0.50 (0.35 to 0.73)e0.48 (0.33 to 0.69)e83 (64.3)0.55 (0.38 to 0.79)e0.49 (0.34 to 0.73)e0.42 (0.28 to 0.62)e
SMI by diagnosis
  Schizophrenia30 (50.0)0.46 (0.28 to 0.77)d0.42 (0.24 to 0.73)d0.38 (0.22 to 0.67)e36 (60.0)0.46 (0.27 to 0.77)d0.35 (0.20 to 0.60)e0.27 (0.15 to 0.48)e
  Bipolar affective disorder8 (40.0)0.31 (0.13 to 0.76)c0.37 (0.15 to 0.94)c0.35 (0.14 to 0.90)c11 (55.0)0.37 (0.15 to 0.90)c0.49 (0.18 to 1.26)0.41 (0.16 to 1.09)
  Other non-organic psychoses8 (61.5)0.74 (0.24 to 2.27)0.78 (0.25 to 2.42)0.75 (0.24 to 2.33)12 (92.3)3.66 (0.48 to 28.2)3.81 (0.49 to 29.4)3.44 (0.44 to 26.7)
Depot injectable
  No42 (56.8)0.61 (0.38 to 0.97)c0.58 (0.36 to 0.96)c0.56 (0.34 to 0.92)c48 (64.9)0.56 (0.35 to 0.91)c0.49 (0.29 to 0.81)d0.43 (0.26 to 0.72)e
  Yes11 (36.7)0.27 (0.13 to 0.57)e0.26 (0.12 to 0.60)d0.22 (0.09 to 0.52)e18 (60.0)0.46 (0.22 to 0.95)c0.41 (0.18 to 0.91)c0.32 (0.14 to 0.72)d
Typical antipsychotic
  No28 (50.9)0.48 (0.28 to 0.82)d0.50 (0.28 to 0.89)c0.49 (0.27 to 0.86)c34 (61.8)0.49 (0.29 to 0.85)c0.42 (0.23 to 0.75)d0.37 (0.21 to 0.67)e
  Yes25 (51.0)0.48 (0.27 to 0.85)c0.44 (0.24 to 0.81)d0.39 (0.21 to 0.73)d32 (65.3)0.57 (0.32 to 1.03)0.52 (0.28 to 0.97)c0.42 (0.22 to 0.80)d
Atypical antipsychotic
  No8 (87.1)0.62 (0.21 to 1.78)0.59 (0.20 to 1.71)0.54 (0.18 to 1.58)8 (57.1)0.41 (0.14 to 1.18)0.41 (0.14 to 1.20)0.32 (0.10 to 0.96)c
  Yes45 (50.0)0.46 (0.31 to 0.70)e0.45 (0.29 to 0.71)e0.43 (0.27 to 0.67)e58 (64.4)0.55 (0.36 to 0.86)d0.47 (0.30 to 0.76)d0.41 (0.26 to 0.66)e
Any indicator of severityf
  No45 (57.0)0.61 (0.39 to 0.96)c0.56 (0.35 to 0.91)c0.54 (0.33 to 0.87)c56 (70.9)0.74 (0.46 to 1.21)0.61 (0.37 to 1.01)0.52 (0.31 to 0.87)c
  Yes23 (46.0)0.39 (0.23 to 0.69)e0.43 (0.24 to 0.77)d0.39 (0.21 to 0.71)d27 (54.0)0.36 (0.20 to 0.63)e0.37 (0.20 to 0.66)e0.31 (0.17 to 0.56)e
Any indicator of riskg
  No54 (59.3)0.68 (0.44 to 1.03)0.64 (0.41 to 1.00)0.61 (0.39 to 0.96)c64 (70.3)0.72 (0.46 to 1.14)0.65 (0.40 to 1.04)0.56 (0.35 to 0.91)c
  Yes14 (36.8)0.27 (0.14 to 0.52)e0.28 (0.14 to 0.57)e0.25 (0.12 to 0.51)e19 (50.0)0.31 (0.16 to 0.58)e0.27 (0.14 to 0.54)e0.22 (0.11 to 0.44)e
  • ACEI/ARB = angiotensin-converter enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker. CHD = coronary heart disease. HF = heart failure. OR = odds ratio. SMI = severe mental illness.

  • a Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, ethnic group, borough-level deprivation, and recorded CHD/HF.

  • b Additionally adjusted for mean annual number of primary consultations.

  • c P <0.05.

  • d P <0.01.

  • e P <0.001.

  • f Includes any of: ever had an inpatient stay, any record of being treated under the Mental Health Act, any record of difficulty managing their physical health, or any record of an Assertive Outreach/Crisis/A&E episode.

  • g Includes any of: recorded history of violence, recorded history of non-compliance, and any record of a forensic history.