The mental wellbeing of female prisoners in Chile.
Forensic psychiatry
Global mental health
Latin America
Mental wellbeing
Prison
WEMWBS
Women
Journal
BMC research notes
ISSN: 1756-0500
Titre abrégé: BMC Res Notes
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101462768
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 May 2023
15 May 2023
Historique:
received:
21
11
2022
accepted:
25
04
2023
medline:
17
5
2023
pubmed:
16
5
2023
entrez:
15
5
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
To measure and understand mental wellbeing among women prisoners in Chile, as part of a larger study. Sixty-eight sentenced prisoners in a women's prison participated in a survey, giving a response rate of 56.7%. Using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), the mean wellbeing score of participants was 53.77 out of maximum score of 70. Whilst 90% of the 68 women felt useful at least some of the time, 25% rarely felt relaxed, close to others or able to make up their own minds about things. Data generated from two focus groups attended by six women offered explanations for survey findings. Thematic analysis identified stress and loss of autonomy due to the prison regime as factors which negatively affect mental wellbeing. Interestingly, whilst offering prisoners an opportunity to feel useful, work was identified as a source of stress. Interpersonal factors linked to a lack of safe friendships within the prison and little contact with family had an adverse impact on mental wellbeing. The routine measurement of mental wellbeing among prisoners using the WEMWBS is recommended in Chile and other Latin American countries to identify the impact of policies, regimes, healthcare systems and programmes on mental health and wellbeing.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37189158
doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06342-x
pii: 10.1186/s13104-023-06342-x
pmc: PMC10186625
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
78Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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