ArticleBJGP open2019
Prison primary care and non-communicable diseases: a data-linkage survey of prevalence and associated risk factors.
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- Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people experiencing incarceration: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Self-harm before and during imprisonment: cohort study of males in prison linking population-based routinely collected data in Wales.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Prevalence of mental illness, substance use disorder, and dual diagnosis among adults in custody.Population health metrics · 2025Article
- Burden of diabetes in correctional facilities: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2025Article
- An epidemiological investigation of the prevalence of digestive diseases in the older prisoner population in Taiwan.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Evaluation of antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 variants after 2 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a correctional facility.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Long-term condition management for prisoners: improving the processes between community and prison.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Cardiovascular Risk in Women Deprived of Freedom from a Public Prison in Mato Grosso, Brazil.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2020Article
- Oral care in the Spanish prison setting.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaReview
- Study of the characteristics of medical information in transfers between prisons.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaObservational
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Abstract
backgroundThe size and mean age of the prison population has increased rapidly in recent years. Prisoners are a vulnerable group who, compared with the general population, experience poorer health outcomes. However, there is a dearth of research quantifying the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among prisoner populations.
aimTo explore both the prevalence of NCDs and their risk factors. DESIGN &
settingA cross-sectional survey was undertaken that was compared with clinical records in two male prisons in the north of England.
methodSelf-report surveys were completed by 199 prisoners to assess sociodemographic characteristics, general health, NCD prevalence, and risk factor prevalence. Data were checked against that retrieved from prison clinical records.
resultsIt was found that 46% reported at least one NCD and 26% reported at least one physical health NCD. The most common self-reported NCD was 'anxiety and depression' (34%), followed by 'respiratory disease' (17%), and 'hypertension' (10%). Having a physical health NCD was independently associated with increasing age or drug dependence.The level of agreement between clinical records and self-report ranged from 'fair' for alcohol dependence (kappa 0.38;
conclusionCompared with mainstream populations and despite high prevalence of risk factors for NCDs physical illness NCDs, with the exception of respiratory disease, are less common. However, poor mental health is more common. These differences are possibly owing to the younger average age of prison populations, since prevalence of risk factors was reported as high.Secondary data analysis of clinical records is a more methodologically robust way of monitoring trends in prisoner population disease prevalence.
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