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Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners: a primary care survey
Seena Fazel1, Tony Hope, Ian O'Donnell
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.
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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