Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington, UK.
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
BMC Res Notes. 2023 May 15;16(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06342-x.
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.
测量和了解智利女囚的心理健康状况，这是一项更大规模研究的一部分。
在一所女子监狱中，有 68 名已判刑的囚犯参与了一项调查，回应率为 56.7%。使用 Warwick-Edinburgh 心理健康量表（WEMWBS），参与者的平均心理健康得分为 53.77 分（满分 70 分）。虽然 90%的 68 名女性至少在某些时候感到有用，但 25%的女性很少感到放松、与他人亲近或能够自主决定事情。由 6 名女性参加的两个焦点小组生成的数据为调查结果提供了解释。主题分析确定了由于监狱制度造成的压力和自主权丧失是对心理健康产生负面影响的因素。有趣的是，虽然为囚犯提供了一种有用的感觉，但工作被认为是压力的来源。与监狱内缺乏安全友谊和与家人很少接触有关的人际因素对心理健康产生了不利影响。建议智利和其他拉丁美洲国家在囚犯中常规使用 WEMWBS 测量心理健康，以确定政策、制度、医疗保健系统和方案对心理健康和幸福感的影响。
