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The mental and physical health of older offenders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6656-8836
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3887-9669
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6851-3297
Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, School of Psychology, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, UK; Clinical and Experimental Sciences (CNS and Psychiatry), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK; Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, UK; New York University Child Study Center, New York NY, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5877-8075
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2020 (English)In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, ISSN 0149-7634, E-ISSN 1873-7528, Vol. 118, p. 440-450Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A systematic review with meta-analysis was performed to: 1) estimate the prevalence of both mental and physical health problems in older offenders; 2) calculate relative risks for the health conditions in relation to non-offender older adults and; 3) explore the potential confounding role of several variables. We searched five databases up to August 2019. Studies involving offenders older than 50 years old were included. Fifty-five publications met criteria. The pooled prevalence for 18 mental and 28 physical health problems was calculated. In comparison with non-offender older adults, older offenders showed significantly higher risk for Hypertension (RR = 1.16, CI = 1.1, 1.2), Cardiovascular Diseases (RR = 1.24, CI = 1.09, 1.41), Respiratory diseases (RR = 1.75, CI = 1.29, 2.35), and Arthritis (RR = 1.19, CI = 1.12, 1.25). Heterogeneity was significant for all meta-analyses and partially explained by the confounding effect of country, the diagnosis assessment method, and the sample characteristics. Future research should include comparison groups of non-offender older adults and use longitudinal study designs to identify risk factors that can be targeted in preventive programmes.

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Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 118, p. 440-450
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Aging, Older offenders, Criminal behavior, Mental health, Physical health
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Psychiatry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-85155DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.07.043ISI: 000620164200033PubMedID: 32783970Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85089754833OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-85155DiVA, id: diva2:1460965
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EU, Horizon 2020, 754285Available from: 2020-08-25 Created: 2020-08-25 Last updated: 2024-02-26Bibliographically approved
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1. The impact of criminal and externalizing behaviors on aging: Long-term associations with health and dementia
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The impact of criminal and externalizing behaviors on aging: Long-term associations with health and dementia
2024 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Previous studies have shown that criminal and other externalizing behaviors are associated with several adverse outcomes, but very little is known about the impact of these behaviors beyond middle adulthood. Few studies have explored how a life-course background of criminal and externalizing behaviors influence aging and more specifically, whether it is associated with the onset and development of different neurodegenerative, mental, and physical health disorders when aging. The overarching aim of this dissertation is to advance the knowledge about the long-term influence that criminal and other externalizing behaviors along the lifespan may have on health and neurodegeneration while individuals age. This aim was explored throughout three studies: Study I, a systematic review and meta-analysis performed to investigate the prevalence of several mental and physical health problems of older offenders; Study II, a Swedish population-based register study which examined how the severity of the criminal background associated with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and how several life-course factors influenced these associations and; Study III, a multi-generation cohort study investigating whether externalizing behaviors and dementia co-aggregate in families. The main findings suggest that older adults with criminal and externalizing behavioral backgrounds, and overall, those with a severe criminal history, exhibit an increased liability to develop physical and mental health problems as well as MCI and dementia when aging. This increased risk is influenced by life-course health and psychosocial problems as well as genetic and familial environmental factors. In general, findings from this thesis point towards a better understanding of the aging process of individuals with this background, and to further the scientific knowledge about the influence of life-course adverse behaviors on aging. This knowledge may promote the development of preventive and interventive strategies for individuals with a criminal and externalizing behavioral background.

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Örebro: Örebro University, 2024. p. 96
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Örebro Studies in Psychology, ISSN 1651-1328 ; 48
Keywords
Older adults, aging, criminal behavior, externalizing behaviors, violent crime, dementia, Alzheimer's diseases, mental health, physical health, epidemiology
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Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-111219 (URN)9789175295411 (ISBN)9789175295428 (ISBN)
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2024-03-22, Örebro universitet, Hörsal M, Musikhögskolan, Fakultetsgatan 1, Örebro, 09:15 (English)
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