Do prisoners trust the healthcare system?

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Table 1 Study Population Characteristics and Responses to Distrust of Health Care System Scale

	n (%)	Distrust of Health Care System Score (range 9 to 45)		Values Distrust (range 5–25)		Competence Distrust (range 4–20)
	n (%)	Mean (95% CI)	p value^a	Mean (95% CI)	p value^a	Mean (95% CI)	p value^a
Age
19–23	40 (20)	23.0 (20.8–25.1)	0.028	12.9 (11.6–14.2)	0.147	10.1 (9.1–11.1)	0.013
24–27	40 (20)	21.3 (19.2–23.5)		11.7 (10.4–13.0)		9.7 (8.7–10.7)
28–32	40 (20)	23.1 (20.9–25.2)		13.1 (11.7–14.4)		9.9 (8.9–10.9)
33–42	40 (20)	26.3 (24.2–28.5)^b		14.1 (12.7–15.4)		11.9 (11.0–12.9)^c
43–66	40 (20)	23.6 (21.5–25.7)		12.4 (11.0–13.7)		10.8 (9.8–11.8)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Latinx White (NLW)	99 (49.5)	24.0 (22.7–25.4)	0.090	12.8 (12.0–13.7)	0.179	10.9 (10.3–11.6)	0.046
Non-Latinx/Non-White	54 (27)	21.7 (19.8–23.5)		12.1 (10.9–13.2)		9.6 (8.7–10.4)^d
Latinx	47 (23.5)	24.2 (22.2–26.2)		13.6 (12.4–14.9)		10.6 (9.7–11.5)
Sex
Male	137 (68.5)	23.6 (22.4–24.8)	0.661	12.9 (12.2–13.7)	0.466	10.5 (9.9–11.0)	0.960
Female	63 (31.5)	23.1 (21.4–24.8)	0.661	12.5 (11.4–13.5)	0.466	10.5 (9.7–11.3)	0.960
Schooling
8th grade or less	10 (5.0)	23.2 (18.9–27.5)	0.429	12.1 (9.5–14.7)	0.296	10.7 (8.7–12.7)	0.555
Some HS	52 (26.1)	23.7 (21.8–25.6)		12.8 (11.6–13.9)		10.7 (9.8–11.6)
HS graduate or GED	82 (41.2)	22.5 (21.0–24.0)		12.3 (11.4–13.2)		10.0 (9.3–10.7)
Some college	40 (20.1)	24.9 (22.7–27.1)		14.2 (12.9–15.5)		10.9 (9.9–11.9)
College graduate	10 (5.0)	23.5 (19.2–27.8)		12.4 (9.8–15.0)		10.5 (8.5–12.5)
Beyond college	5 (2.5)	27.2 (21.1–33.3)		13.8 (10.1–17.5)		12.2 (9.3–15.1)

^agroup ANOVA p values
^bpairwise ANOVA comparison between quintile 4 and quintiles 1, 2, and 3, respectively (p < 0.04 for all)
^cpairwise ANOVA comparison between quintile 4 and quintiles 1, 2, and 3, respectively (p < 0.01 for all)
^dpairwise ANOVA comparison between Non-Latinx/Non-White and Non-Latinx White (p < 0.02)

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