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. 2011 May 27;11:400. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-400

Table 3.

Relationship between structural prison factors and adherence to national and WHO guidelines using univariate linear regression (N = 103).

National guidelines WHO guidelines
N (%) Coefficient (95%) p-value Coefficient (95%) p-value

Type of prison:
- RC* (ref) 77 (75)
- PPS** 21 (20) -1.10 (-1.89; -0.30) 0.01 0.03 (-0.51; 0.56) 0.92
- Security PPS 5 (5) -0.64 (-2.13; 0.85) 0.40 -0.05 (-1.05; 0.96) 0.93

Number of prisoners:
- < 100 (ref) 17 (17)
- 100-350 40 (39) -0.12 (-1.09; 0.86) 0.81 -0.25 (-0.87; 0.37) 0.43
- 350-600 23 (22) -0.07 (-1.15; 1.00) 0.89 0.11 (-0.58; 0.80) 0.76
- > = 600 23 (22) 0.08 (-1.00; 1.16) 0.88 0.15 (-0.54; 0.84) 0.67

Psychiatric Unit:
- no (ref) 85 (83)
- yes 18 (17) 0.69 (-0.17; 1.55) 0.11 0.14 (-0.42; 0.70) 0.61

Main practitioner gender: (n = 97)
- male (ref) 79 (81)
- female 18 (19) -0.06 (-0.92; 0.80) 0.89 -0.28 (-0.84; 0.29) 0.33

* RC: Remand Center

** PPS: Prison for Persons Sentenced