Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey.
BACKGROUND: little is known about the treatment needs of older prisoners and to what extent they are being met. SUBJECTS: representative sample of 203 sentenced prisoners aged 60 and over in 15 prisons in England and Wales. DESIGN: case notes were surveyed using a standardised proforma and informat...
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| author | Fazel, S Hope, T O'Donnell, I Jacoby, R |
| author_facet | Fazel, S Hope, T O'Donnell, I Jacoby, R |
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| description | BACKGROUND: little is known about the treatment needs of older prisoners and to what extent they are being met. SUBJECTS: representative sample of 203 sentenced prisoners aged 60 and over in 15 prisons in England and Wales. DESIGN: case notes were surveyed using a standardised proforma and information on current medication was collected. RESULTS: three-quarters of older prisoners were prescribed medication. Those with cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine health problems were prescribed medication that was mostly appropriately targeted. In contrast, only 18% of inmates with recorded psychiatric morbidity were prescribed psychotropic medication. CONCLUSIONS: reviewing the medical records of older prisoners and considering the appropriateness of their current medication regime would be a primary care intervention that could significantly improve the health of this marginalized group. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d580d7c8-4993-4d2b-8203-1b0cda126ddc2022-03-27T08:26:24ZUnmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d580d7c8-4993-4d2b-8203-1b0cda126ddcEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Fazel, SHope, TO'Donnell, IJacoby, R BACKGROUND: little is known about the treatment needs of older prisoners and to what extent they are being met. SUBJECTS: representative sample of 203 sentenced prisoners aged 60 and over in 15 prisons in England and Wales. DESIGN: case notes were surveyed using a standardised proforma and information on current medication was collected. RESULTS: three-quarters of older prisoners were prescribed medication. Those with cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine health problems were prescribed medication that was mostly appropriately targeted. In contrast, only 18% of inmates with recorded psychiatric morbidity were prescribed psychotropic medication. CONCLUSIONS: reviewing the medical records of older prisoners and considering the appropriateness of their current medication regime would be a primary care intervention that could significantly improve the health of this marginalized group. |
| spellingShingle | Fazel, S Hope, T O'Donnell, I Jacoby, R Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey. |
| title | Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey. |
| title_full | Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey. |
| title_fullStr | Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey. |
| title_short | Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey. |
| title_sort | unmet treatment needs of older prisoners a primary care survey |
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