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Self-rated health impact of COVID 19 confinement on inmates in Southeastern of Europe: a qualitative study

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the implementation of various measures within closed institutions like prisons to control the spread of the virus. Analyzing the impact of these measures on the health of inmates is crucial from a public health perspective. This study aimed to explore...

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Autores principales: Sánchez-Recio, Raquel, Samper-Pardo, Mario, Llopis-Lambán, Rebeca, Oliván-Blázquez, Bárbara, Cerdan-Bernad, Marta, Magallón-Botaya, Rosa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37936162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17088-3
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author Sánchez-Recio, Raquel
Samper-Pardo, Mario
Llopis-Lambán, Rebeca
Oliván-Blázquez, Bárbara
Cerdan-Bernad, Marta
Magallón-Botaya, Rosa
author_facet Sánchez-Recio, Raquel
Samper-Pardo, Mario
Llopis-Lambán, Rebeca
Oliván-Blázquez, Bárbara
Cerdan-Bernad, Marta
Magallón-Botaya, Rosa
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description INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the implementation of various measures within closed institutions like prisons to control the spread of the virus. Analyzing the impact of these measures on the health of inmates is crucial from a public health perspective. This study aimed to explore inmates’ subjective perception of the COVID-19 lockdown, the implemented measures, their physical self-perception, and their views on the vaccination process. METHOD: Between April 2021 and January 2022, 27 semi-structured individual interviews and 1 focus group were conducted with inmates in a prison located in northwest Spain. The interviews were conducted in person and audio-recorded. Thematic content analysis was employed, utilizing methodological triangulation to enhance the coherence and rigor of the results. RESULTS: The analysis revealed two main themes and nine subthemes. The first theme focused on inmates’ perception of the implementation of protective measures against COVID-19 within the prison and its impact on their well-being. The second theme explored the pandemic’s emotional impact on inmates. All participants reported negative consequences on their health resulting from the measures implemented by the institution to contain the pandemic. However, they acknowledged that measures like lockdowns and mass vaccination helped mitigate the spread of the virus within the prison, contrary to initial expectations. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 and related measures have directly affected the health of inmates. To improve their health and minimize the impact of pandemic-induced changes, community participation and empowerment of individuals are essential tools, particularly within closed institutions such as prisons.
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spelling pubmed-106311342023-11-07 Self-rated health impact of COVID 19 confinement on inmates in Southeastern of Europe: a qualitative study Sánchez-Recio, Raquel Samper-Pardo, Mario Llopis-Lambán, Rebeca Oliván-Blázquez, Bárbara Cerdan-Bernad, Marta Magallón-Botaya, Rosa BMC Public Health Research INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the implementation of various measures within closed institutions like prisons to control the spread of the virus. Analyzing the impact of these measures on the health of inmates is crucial from a public health perspective. This study aimed to explore inmates’ subjective perception of the COVID-19 lockdown, the implemented measures, their physical self-perception, and their views on the vaccination process. METHOD: Between April 2021 and January 2022, 27 semi-structured individual interviews and 1 focus group were conducted with inmates in a prison located in northwest Spain. The interviews were conducted in person and audio-recorded. Thematic content analysis was employed, utilizing methodological triangulation to enhance the coherence and rigor of the results. RESULTS: The analysis revealed two main themes and nine subthemes. The first theme focused on inmates’ perception of the implementation of protective measures against COVID-19 within the prison and its impact on their well-being. The second theme explored the pandemic’s emotional impact on inmates. All participants reported negative consequences on their health resulting from the measures implemented by the institution to contain the pandemic. However, they acknowledged that measures like lockdowns and mass vaccination helped mitigate the spread of the virus within the prison, contrary to initial expectations. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 and related measures have directly affected the health of inmates. To improve their health and minimize the impact of pandemic-induced changes, community participation and empowerment of individuals are essential tools, particularly within closed institutions such as prisons. BioMed Central 2023-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10631134/ /pubmed/37936162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17088-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Samper-Pardo, Mario
Llopis-Lambán, Rebeca
Oliván-Blázquez, Bárbara
Cerdan-Bernad, Marta
Magallón-Botaya, Rosa
Self-rated health impact of COVID 19 confinement on inmates in Southeastern of Europe: a qualitative study
title Self-rated health impact of COVID 19 confinement on inmates in Southeastern of Europe: a qualitative study
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title_fullStr Self-rated health impact of COVID 19 confinement on inmates in Southeastern of Europe: a qualitative study
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title_short Self-rated health impact of COVID 19 confinement on inmates in Southeastern of Europe: a qualitative study
title_sort self-rated health impact of covid 19 confinement on inmates in southeastern of europe: a qualitative study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37936162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17088-3
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