Lower urinary tract symptoms in female prison inmates: prevalence and impact on quality of life

Menezes, Purdenciana Ribeiro de; Vasconcelos, Camila Teixeira Moreira; Lopes, Lia Gomes; Almeida, Maria Evilene Macena de; Castro, Régia Christina Moura Barbosa; Neto, José Ananias Vasconcelos

doi:10.1007/s00192-021-04679-0

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“…LUTS can develop or be aggravated when people delay urinating in response to physical cues. For people who are coping with LUTS, conditions which are highly prevalent among women in US, these symptoms can negatively impact quality of life, mental health (i.e., anxiety and depression), workplace productivity, and physical activity [39][40][41][42].…”

Section: Toilet Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Humans peeing: Justice-involved women’s access to toilets in public spaces

Smoyer

Pittman²,

Borzillo³

2023

PLoS ONE

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Justice-involved women face myriad challenges as they negotiate the terms of community supervision and manage the long-term implications and stigma of living with a criminal record. Major tasks that women juggle include securing safe, affordable housing, finding and retaining employment, accessing physical and mental health care (including substance use treatment), and handling relationships with family, friends, children, and intimate partners. In addition to these responsibilities, women must meet their basic physiological needs to eat, sleep, and use the toilet. Women’s ability to safely meet their personal care needs may impact their capacity to manage their criminal-legal challenges. This study uses qualitative methods to understand justice-involved women’s lived experiences related to urination. Specifically, the study reports on a thematic analysis of 8 focus groups conducted with justice-involved women (n = 58) and the results of a toilet audit conducted in the downtown areas of the small city in the United States where the focus group participants were living. Findings suggest that women had limited access to restrooms and reported urinating outside. Lack of restroom access impacted their engagement with social services support and employment and their ability to travel through public spaces. Women perceived their public toilet options as unsafe, increasing their sense of vulnerability and reinforcing the idea that they did not have full access to citizenship in the community because of their criminal-legal involvement. The exclusion and denial of women’s humanity that is perpetuated by a lack of public toilet access impacts women’s psychosocial outcomes. City governments, social service agencies, and employers are encouraged to consider how lack of toilet access may impact their public safety and criminal-legal objectives and expand opportunities for people to access safe restroom facilities.

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Section: Toilet Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Humans peeing: Justice-involved women’s access to toilets in public spaces

Smoyer

Pittman²,

Borzillo³

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Nascent research about LUTS among incarcerated women indicates that the prevalence of these symptoms is higher in prison settings than in the community. In a survey of 307 women in an overcrowded Brazilian prison with limited access to plumbed toilets and no toilet paper, soap, or water, 43% reported having LUTS while incarcerated (Ribeiro de Menezes et al, 2021). Similarly, incarcerated women in the United Kingdom (UK) (n = 148) reported urinary incontinence (43%), nocturia (waking up to urinate during the night, 51%), pain when passing urine (12%), and nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting, 5%) (Drennan et al, 2010).…”

Section: Toilet Access and Women's Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Negotiating Toilet Access: A Qualitative Exploration of Women's Incarceration

Smoyer,

Schwarz,

Camenga

et al. 2023

The Prison Journal

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Norms and behaviors about toileting in prison can expand understanding of women's lived experience of incarceration. Knowledge about this subject is significant because access to clean, safe toilets is a human rights issue, and toilet habits can impact social, mental, and physical outcomes. Three focus groups were conducted with 15 incarcerated women about their quotidian prison toilet experiences. While the toilet was physically available, institutional regulations, social norms, and women's individual psychologies limited their access and utilization. The ways in which toilet use was negotiated with self, peers, and are described, and the implications of these findings are discussed.

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Prevalence and characteristics of mental and physical disorders among female prisoners: a mixed-methods systematic review

Friestad

Haukvik

Johnsen

et al. 2023

IJPH

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Purpose This study aims to provide an overview and quality appraisal of the current scientific evidence concerning the prevalence and characteristics of mental and physical disorders among sentenced female prisoners. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods systematic literature review. Findings A total of 4 reviews and 39 single studies met the inclusion criteria for the review. Mental disorders were the main area of investigation in the majority of single studies, with substance abuse, particularly drug abuse, as the most consistently gender biased disorder, with higher prevalence among women than men in prison. The review identified a lack of updated systematic evidence on the presence of multi-morbidity. Originality/value This study provides an up-to-date overview and quality appraisal of the current scientific evidence concerning the prevalence and characteristics of mental and physical disorders among female prisoners.

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Lower urinary tract symptoms in female prison inmates: prevalence and impact on quality of life

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Humans peeing: Justice-involved women’s access to toilets in public spaces

Humans peeing: Justice-involved women’s access to toilets in public spaces

Negotiating Toilet Access: A Qualitative Exploration of Women's Incarceration

Prevalence and characteristics of mental and physical disorders among female prisoners: a mixed-methods systematic review

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