Abstract
The demand for health care in older people involved in the criminal justice system is high. The prevalence of mental and physical health conditions for people living in prison is greater than in community populations. After systematically searching 21 databases, we found no targeted interventions to support depression or anxiety for this group of people. 24 studies (including interventions of yoga, creative-arts-based programmes, positive psychology, or mindfulness-based interventions and psychotherapy) did contain people older than 50 years, but this only represented a minority (10%) of the overall study population. No single study reported outcomes of physical health. Future interventions need to consider the needs and views of this vulnerable group. Specific gendered and coproduced interventions are required to enhance the implementation, feasibility, and acceptability of interventions that are delivered in prisons.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e431-e440 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | The Lancet Healthy Longevity |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study is funded by the UK National Institute of Health Research's Research for Patient Benefit Fund (NIHR203484). We acknowledge the support on behalf of all members of the Physical and Mental Health of Older Prisoners Study Advisory group who provide advice and have oversight of the study management.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license