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ArticleInternational journal of prisoner health2022

Older incarcerated persons' mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alexandra DePalma, Deborah Noujaim, Emil Coman, Dorothy Wakefield, Lisa C Barry

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Article in International journal of prisoner health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandra DePalmaCenter on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Deborah NoujaimCenter on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Emil ComanHealth Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Dorothy WakefieldCenter on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Lisa C BarryDepartment of Psychiatry, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA and Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
UConn Health · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG067988 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI GEORGE A KUCHEL · 2021 to 2026
$9.5M
Advancing Health Disparities Research in Aging: The Aging Research in Criminal Justice & Health (ARCH) NetworkR24AG065175 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LISA C BARRY, BRIE A WILLIAMS · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Aging Inmates Suicidal Ideation and Depression (Aging INSIDE) StudyR01MH106529 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI BARRY, LISA C · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG067988NIA NIH HHS R24 AG065175NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeOlder incarcerated persons are an especially vulnerable segment of the prison population, with high rates of multimorbidity. This study aims to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older incarcerated persons' mental and physical health. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Participants were 157 currently-incarcerated persons age ≥50 years who were enrolled in an ongoing longitudinal study before the pandemic. Anxiety symptoms (seven-item generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire), depressive symptoms (eight-item patient health questionnaire) and self-rated health (SRH) were assessed during in-person interviews completed before the pandemic and via mailed surveys during the pandemic (August-September 2020). A mediation model evaluated the relationship among anxiety, depression and SRH.

findingsParticipants were 96% male, racially diverse (41% White, 41% Black, 18% Hispanic/Other), with average age 56.0(±5.8) years. From before to during the pandemic, anxiety symptoms increased (worsened) (from 6.4 ± 5.7 to 7.8 ± 6.6; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Older incarcerated persons experienced worsening mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic which was associated with worsening SRH. These findings have implications for health-care costs and services needed to care for this vulnerable group. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This is the first study to evaluate change in older incarcerated persons' mental health from before the COVID-19 pandemic to during the pandemic.

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COVID-19PrisonersAgedDepressionFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedPandemicsCOVID-19Elderly prisonersHealth in prisonIncarcerationMental healthMental illnessOffender healthOlder prisonersPrisonersSelf-rated health

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PMID34854275
PMCPMC9289938
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