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Table 2 Prisoners' perceived health status and quality of life

From: Self-reported health status and access to health services in a sample of prisoners in Italy

 

No.

%

In general, would you say your health is? (633; 97.4)

  

   Poor

200

31.6

   Good

339

53.6

   Very good

94

14.8

In general, would you say your quality of life is? (602; 92.6)

  

   Poor

262

43.5

   Good

261

43.4

   Very good

79

13.1

How would you rate, compared to prison entry, your health in general now? (623; 95.8)

  

   Greatly worsened

169

27.1

   Worsened

205

32.9

   Unchanged

218

35

   Improved

19

3.1

   Greatly improved

12

1.9

How much are you concerned about your health? (624; 96)

  

   Extremely

219

35.1

   Moderately

228

36.5

   Not at all

177

28.4

  1. In brackets the number and percentage of the total sample of 650 prisoners responding to the question